Nemir Amin Kirdar was an Iraqi Turkmen banker, billionaire, businessman, financier and author.
12 Facts About Nemir Kirdar
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Nemir Kirdar spent much of his life in London, and held British citizenship.
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Nemir Kirdar completed his primary education at Baghdad's Saadoun School, his secondary education at the Jesuit-run Baghdad College, and his initial university education at Robert College in Istanbul, initially studying engineering then switching to economics and liberal arts.
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Nemir Kirdar envisioned to pursue a political career in his native Iraq, but after a military coup overthrew the Iraqi monarchy in 1958, Kirdar left Iraq to the United States where his cousins lived.
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Nemir Kirdar graduated from the University of the Pacific in California in 1960, with a bachelor's degree in economics.
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Nemir Kirdar then moved to Phoenix, Arizona where he began his career in the financial world as a teller for the First National Bank of Arizona.
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Nemir Kirdar then worked in South East Asia and Japan for Allied Bank International.
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Between 1976 and 1981, Nemir Kirdar worked in the Middle East, overseeing and directing Chase's banking network in the region.
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Nemir Kirdar was CEO for over 30 years until 2015, becoming chairman, until retiring in 2017.
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Nemir Kirdar was estimated to have a net worth of over US$1 billion.
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Nemir Kirdar ranked No 26 on the world's most influential Arabs 2009 list.
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Nemir Kirdar received honorary doctorates from Fordham University of New York, Georgetown University in Washington DC; the University of the Pacific, California; and Richmond, The American International University in London.