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Moose M. Scheib (born June 21, 1980) is a Lebanese-born American attorney, television producer, and real estate specialist.Claire Ferris-Lay and Kat Slowe, (2009-08-02), http://www.arabianbusiness.com/30-under-30-151844.html?view=profile&itemid=151848, Retrieved July 24, 2012 He was the CEO of CBIG, a firm set up to market EB-5 visas (which allow international investors to obtain a US
Moose M. Scheib (born June 21, 1980) is a Lebanese-born American attorney, television producer, and real estate specialist.Claire Ferris-Lay and Kat Slowe, (2009-08-02), http://www.arabianbusiness.com/30-under-30-151844.html?view=profile&itemid=151848, Retrieved July 24, 2012 He was the CEO of CBIG, a firm set up to market EB-5 visas (which allow international investors to obtain a US green card
A green card, known officially as a permanent resident card, is an identity document which shows that a person has permanent residency in the United States. ("The term 'lawfully admitted for permanent residence' means the status of having been ...
by investing in US companies), to Middle East investors.
Early life and education
Scheib was born in Beirut, Lebanon during theLebanese Civil War
The Lebanese Civil War ( ar, الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية, translit=Al-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 120,000 fatalities a ...
, the son of a newspaper editor and government official. His family immigrated to the U.S. (Toledo, Ohio
Toledo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. A major Midwestern United States port city, Toledo is the fourth-most populous city in the state of Ohio, after Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, and according ...
) when he was seven years old and eventually settled in Dearborn, Michigan. When Scheib was twelve, his father – who sought work as a truck driver to keep the family afloat – suffered the first in a series of strokes. As a result, his mother began work at a metro-Detroit restaurant and Scheib began working and caring for his ill father and siblings.
Scheib graduated from Dearborn High School
Dearborn High School (DHS) is a public high school located in Dearborn, Michigan. It was founded in 1893 in Dearborn near Greater Detroit. Dearborn High is one of the three high schools of the Dearborn City School District and is located at 19 ...
in 1998. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics & Management from Albion College
Albion College is a private liberal arts college in Albion, Michigan. The college was founded in 1835 and its undergraduate population was approximately 1,500 students in 2014.
They participate in NCAA Division III and the Michigan Interco ...
and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School (Columbia Law or CLS) is the law school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university in New York City. Columbia Law is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in the world and has always ranked i ...
.Jake Webber, (2011-4-15), http://www.albion.edu/news/archives/2010-11-archives/32-albion-view-2010-11/1413-albion-celebrates-second-group-of-top-10-in-10-young-alumni, Retrieved July 24, 2012
Career
In 2007, Scheib's company, Mizna, began renegotiating mortgages to help homeowners and lenders avoid foreclosure. By September 2008, the company, which sourced 10% of its clients from the loanmod.com website Scheib bought in 2007, had renegotiated over 5,000 mortgages. Scheib founded Mizna Entertainment, which produced the Arab American Comedy Show in 2007, 2008, and 2009, and viral MTV spoof videos that include Arab CRIBS, Nexted, and Made.Community service and awards
Scheib received the 2004Arab American Institute
The Arab American Institute (AAI) is a non-profit membership organization that advocates for the interests of Arab-Americans. Founded in 1985 by James Zogby, the brother of pollster John Zogby, the organization is based in Washington, D.C.
The o ...
Raymond Jallow Award for Public Service and the 2010 Arabian Business Magazine 30 under 30 Award for the Next Generation of Arab Leaders.AAIUSA, (2004), http://www.aaiusa.org/pages/AAIF-Youth-Leadership-Awards-Recipients , Retrieved July 24, 2012 He is also co-founder and former board chairman of the National Arab Orchestra.
See also
* History of the Middle Eastern people in Metro DetroitReferences