Ehsan Bayat

Ehsanollah 'Ehsan' Bayat (Persian: احسان الله بیات, born July 15, 1963) is an Afghan American business entrepreneur residing in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA.[1] He is originally from Ghazni. He is an ethnic Turkmen from the Bayat tribe, and his family belongs to the Qizilbash community of Afghanistan. In 1979[2] he moved to the United States and obtained a bachelor's degree in engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.[3] After the fall of the Taliban regime, he came to Afghanistan and founded Afghan Wireless Communication Company and Bayat Foundation, the latter of which played a crucial role on opening the Ariana Television Network, that has large audiences not only in Afghanistan[4] but also among Afghan refugees in Pakistan.[5]

In January 2009, an article by Ahmad Majidyar of the American Enterprise Institute included Bayat on a list of fifteen possible candidates in the 2009 Afghan presidential election.[6] He is one of the richest persons of Afghan origin and is unofficially regarded to be a billionaire.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Ponte Vedra Beach couple aid the poor of Afghanistan". Jacksonville.com. September 17, 2012.
  2. ↑ Herold, Mark W. (2002-05-12). "Karzai & Associates' Trickle-Down Reconstruction". Cursor. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  3. ↑ "Ehsan Bayat". Our Management. Afghan Wireless. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  4. ↑ "The Bayat Foundation - Making a Difference in Afghanistan". Worldpress.org. 2006-10-18. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  5. ↑ Esalat - People's democratic broadcaster of Afghanistan...Link, retrieved December 2007
  6. ↑ Ahmad Majidyar (January 2009). "Afghanistan's Presidential Election" (PDF). American Enterprise Institute. Archived from the original on 2009-09-18. With a bachelor of science in engineering technology from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Bayat is the founder of Wireless Communication Company, the Bayat Foundation, and Ariana Television Network in Afghanistan. An ethnic Turkmen from Kabul, the business tycoon is popular for his charitable work throughout the country. He is rumored to challenge Karzai in the coming vote. However, Bayat lacks popularity among Pashtuns.
  7. ↑ "Lord Michael Cecil sues Afghan billionaire over £250m phone deal". The Telegraph. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "FBI 'missed chance to uncover 9/11 plot’". The Telegraph. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
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