Ashar Aziz

Ashar Aziz
اشعر عزیز
Born
Ashar Aziz Butt[1]

1959 (age 64–65)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
NationalityAmerican
Pakistani
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Middle East Technical University
Occupations
  • Electrical engineer
  • business executive
  • philanthropist
Years active1981–present
TitleFounder and CEO of FireEye
Chairman of Sky Electric
Parent(s)Asghar Butt (father)[2]
Nisar Aziz (mother)[3]
RelativesSartaj Aziz (uncle)
Majid Nizami (uncle)
AwardsErnst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Sitara-i-Imtiaz

Ashar Aziz (Urdu: اشعر عزیز; born 1959) is a Pakistani–American electrical engineer, business executive, and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder of Silicon Valley–based cybersecurity company FireEye.[4] A former billionaire,[5][6][7] Aziz had an estimated net worth of over $233 million as of 2015.[8]

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