Background
Hussein, Ahmed Dia was born on May 28, 1941 in Cairo, Egypt. Came to the United States 1966. Son of Ali Mohamed and Yemen Mostafa (El-Emawy) Hussein.
Hussein, Ahmed Dia was born on May 28, 1941 in Cairo, Egypt. Came to the United States 1966. Son of Ali Mohamed and Yemen Mostafa (El-Emawy) Hussein.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Cairo University, 1963. Master of Science, American University Cairo, 1965. Postgraduate diploma in statistics, Cairo University, 1965.
Mediterranean Shipping Company in Mathematics, Polytechnic Institute New York, Brooklyn, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute New York, 1969.
Research associate, National Research Institute, Cairo, 1963-1966; lecturer, CUNY, 1966-1970; senior engineer, International Business Machines Corporation, East Fishkill, New York, 1969-1970; assistant to associate professor, American U. Cairo, 1970-1977; construction engineering, New York City, 1977-1979; account executive, Moseley Hallgarten, New York City, 1979-1980; vice president, L.F. Rothschild, New York City, 1980-1981; senior vice president, Prudential Bache Securities, New York City, 1981-1986; senior vice president, Oppenheimer & Company. New York City, 1986-1987; vice president, Smith Barney, New York City, 1987-1989; senior vice president, Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc., New York City, 1989-1992; senior vice president, Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., 1992-1996; chairman, Chief Executive Officer, National Investment Company. New York City, Cairo, Egypt, since 1996.
Board directors October 6 University.
Married Marjorie Battersby, May 20, 1977 (divorced 1981). 1 child, Ali; Married Maha Anwar Nowailaty, December 7, 1990. Children: Youmn, Omar, Yasmine.