Taseer Badar
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| Born | Taseer A. Badar October 1, 1973 Lahore, Pakistan |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Texas A&M University |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman and chief executive officer of ZT Corporate & Altus Health |
| Spouse | Zohra R. Badar |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | ztwealth |
Taseer A. Badar is an American entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist. Badar is chairman and chief executive officer[1] of ZT Corporate, Inc., as well as many other Altus Health and ZT Corporate entities.
Badar's companies earned twelve non-consecutive Texas A&M "Aggie 100" awards between 2007 and 2022,[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] Houston Business Journal's 40 Under 40 (2012),[23] Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award winner (2016),[24] and The South Asian Chamber of Commerce (SACC) Businessperson of the Year Award (2018).[25]
Early life and education[edit]
The youngest of four siblings, Taseer Badar was born October 1, 1973, in Lahore, Pakistan, where he spent the first 10 months of his life before immigrating to Eau Claire, Wisconsin. His mother, Kausar, was a Nuclear Medicine Technologist Professor in Chemistry at VA Medical Center in her native home in Pakistan, and his father, Tanwir, was a Professional Engineer (PE) and Associate Professor at King’s College London in Strand, London.[26]
In high school, he began a lawn mowing business. Later, at Texas A&M University, where he would earn his Bachelor of Business Administration in entrepreneurship and finance from the Mays School of Business, he ran a toner company that shipped to clients.[27]
Career[edit]
In 1996, Badar began his financial advisor career with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. in New York City, where he built strong relationships with his clients. During his time here, he quickly realized that he "didn't want CNBC to dictate [his] life,"[27] so he returned to Houston and began a retail brokerage firm and began working with physicians who needed help investing their money.
Badar took this opportunity after receiving advice from his sister, Dr. Tehmina Badar, a pulmonologist; brother-in-law Dr. Shahin Shirzadi, a neurologist; and his best friend Dr. Raza Pasha, an ENT surgeon.[28] Thus began Altus Health.
In 2014, as CEO of Altus Health, Badar opened Altus House, the first in-patient hospice unit in Sugar Land, TX.[29]
In 2014, sensing an opportunity to expand outside of healthcare, Badar ventured into Florida and purchased several dealerships, including for Mercedes, BMW, Toyota, Kia, and Mazda vehicles.[30] This collection would soon become ZT Motors.
In 2020, Badar began a partnership with Swapnil Agarwal of Nitya Capital.[31]
References[edit]
- ^ "Taseer A. Badar: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- ^ "2007 Honorees". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "2008 Honorees". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "2009 Honorees". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "2010 Honorees". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "2012 Honorees". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "2013 Honorees". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "2014 Honorees". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "2015 Honorees". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "2016 Honorees". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "2017 Honorees". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "2021 Honorees". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "2022 Honorees". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "ZT Financial Network, Inc". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "ZT Global Investments, Inc". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "ZT Leasing, Inc". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "ZT Wealth, LLC". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "ZT Group Business Center One Pearland, LP". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "Altus Noble Hospice, LP". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "Altus Infusion, LP". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "Altus Lumberton". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "Altus Community Healthcare". McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "How HBJ's 40 Under 40 made their first buck". The Business Journals. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- ^ "EY names 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year winners for Gulf Coast area". The Business Journals. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- ^ "SACC Awards ZT Corporate CEO Taseer Badar with the 2018 Businessperson of the Year Award". sacchouston.org/taseer-badar-wins-saccs-2018-businessperson-of-the-year-award/. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
- ^ "Prosperous businessman paves way for new entrepreneurs". Mays Impacts. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- ^ a b "A matter of trust: Taseer Badar has changed the way physicians invest". CultureMap Houston. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- ^ "A matter of trust: Taseer Badar has changed the way physicians invest". CultureMap Houston. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ^ Haverkamp, Zach (August 7, 2014). "Sugar Land's first hospice facility opens". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ^ "Meet the Fast 100: Houston-based wealth management firm blossoms in health care industry". The Business Journals. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- ^ "ZT Corporate and Nitya Capital To Explore Joint Opportunities". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved May 14, 2020.