Yaqub Mirza
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Yaqub Mirza | |
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| Born | December 6, 1946 |
| Died | December 3, 2025 (age 78) |
| Education | MSc from the University of Karachi (1969), M.A. in Teaching Science from University of Texas at Dallas (1975), PhD in Physics (1974) |
| Occupations | Business and teaching |
M. Yaqub Mirza[1] (born 1946[2] in Karachi, British Raj (now Pakistan)) was a Herndon, Virginia-based businessman and Islamic activist.
Muhammad Yaqub Mirza[3] held a MSc from the University of Karachi (1969), and a PhD in Physics (1974) and M.A. in Teaching Science (1975) from the University of Texas at Dallas. His doctoral thesis was entitled Multiphoton Ionization of Cesium Through Resonant Dissociative States of Cs2 and his thesis advisor was Carl B. Collins.[3]
Mirza was a co-founder of the International Institute of Islamic Thought. Mirza was a co-founder and trustee (1984–2003) of Amana Mutual Funds Trust, a Bellingham, Washington-based mutual fund that operates in accordance with Sharia financial principles.[4] From 1998 until his death in late 2025, he was President and CEO of Sterling Management Group, Inc (SMG).[5]
Lecturing career
Mirza lectures on Islamic finance[6] and Entrepreneurship and has spoken at several institutions.[7]
