Rob Sobhani

Rob Sobhani
Born
Sohrab Sobhani

(1960-02-14) February 14, 1960 (age 64)
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S.
Alma materGeorgetown University
Political partyIndependent (since 2011)
Other political
affiliations		Republican (before 2011)
Website

Sohrab Sobhani (born February 15, 1960) is an Iranian-American author and lecturer on energy issues, U.S. immigration policies and U.S. policy toward the Middle East.[1]

Formerly a professor at Georgetown University, Sobhani is currently the chairman and Chief Executive of Caspian Group, a company that specializes in working with companies that have business interests in the United States, the Middle East and the former Soviet Union.[2] He is the founder and CEO of Sparo Corporation.[3] Sobhani serves on the Board of Z Advanced Computing (ZAC).[4] Sobhani has published one book on immigration: Press 2 for English: Fix Immigration, Save America, and two books on foreign affairs: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia: A Leader of Consequence and The Pragmatic Entente: Israeli–Iranian Relations, 1948–1988.[5]

Sobhani ran as an Independent candidate for the United States Senate in Maryland in 2012 against Republican nominee Daniel Bongino, Libertarian Dean Ahmad, and Democratic incumbent Ben Cardin. He received 16.4 percent of the vote,[6][7] beating the state's all-time mark for an independent or third-party candidate.[8] Senator Cardin was re-elected with 56% of the vote, with the Republican candidate capturing 26.3% of the total.[6]

  1. ^ Harris, Leon (April 23, 2003). "Interview With Professor Rob Sobhani". CNN Live Today. CNN. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  2. ^ "Caspian Group". caspiangroup.com. Caspian Group Holdings. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  3. ^ "Sparo.com". sparo.com. Sparo Corporation. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "Z Advanced Computing". Z Advanced Computing. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  5. ^ "Books | Rob Sobhani | International Policy Expert, Author, Lecturer, Business Executive". Robsobhani.com. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "2012 General Election Results". Maryland State Board of Elections. November 28, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  7. ^ "Maryland - Election 2012 - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  8. ^ Ostermeier, Eric (October 1, 2012). "Rob Sobhani Poised to Crush Maryland US Senate Election Mark". Smart Politics. University of Minnesota: Humphrey School of Public Affairs.