Nabeel Gareeb is a Pakistani-American businessman. He was the

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and

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as well as a member of the board of directors of MEMC (now SunEdison) between 30 April 2002 and 12 November 2008.

Education

Gareeb was born in

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, Pakistan, and immigrated to the United States over 25 years ago. He holds a Master of Science degree in

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from Claremont Graduate School, and a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from

Harvey Mudd College Harvey Mudd College (HMC) is a private college in Claremont, California, focused on science and engineering. It is part of the Claremont Colleges, which share adjoining campus grounds and resources. The college enrolls 902 undergraduate students ...

Career

Prior to joining MEMC, he worked for ten years at the

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, a supplier of power semiconductors, where he became

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Achievements

According to a 2007 list compiled by ''

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'', Gareeb was one of the highest paid CEOs in the US. He also listed himself in the top 25 highest paid men. ''Forbes'' reported him "The 43 year old executive ranks 1 within Semiconductors".#6 Nabeel Gareeb - Forbes.com
/ref> His total salary for the five year period from 2003 to 2008 was estimated at $106.06 million.

References

External links

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American chief executives American Muslims Businesspeople from Karachi Claremont Graduate University alumni Harvey Mudd College alumni Pakistani electrical engineers Pakistani emigrants to the United States SunEdison {{Pakistan-engineer-stub