fuad el-hibri

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CEO and Chairman, 10% Owner of Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (EBS) Fuad El-hibri sells
84,433 shares of EBS on 07/16/2010 at an average price of $17.9 a share.

Emergent Biosolutions Inc. has a market cap of $535.77 million;
its shares were traded at around $17.26 with a P/E ratio of 21.85 and
P/S ratio of 2.28.

EBS is in the portfolios of Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates,
Bruce Kovner of Caxton Associates, Steven Cohen of SAC Capital
Advisors, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, Manning &
Napier Advisors, Inc.

“Mr. White’s expertise in financial management, gained in a patient-focused health care system and service-oriented environment, will prove an invaluable asset in guiding Emergent’s management team towards further growth and in increasing value for shareholders,” Fuad El-Hibri, Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.’s chairman and CEO, said. “We are delighted to welcome him to Emergent’s Board of Directors, composed of seasoned experts with diverse skill sets.”

CEO of Bethesda, Maryland, based Emergent Biosolutions, Fuad El-Hibri, was recently named one of the top 500 most influential Muslims and is featured as one of four Muslims who are living in the United States in 500 Most Influential Muslims: Science and Technology over on Examiner.com National.

500 Most Influential Muslims: Science and Technology

The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talaal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre published its first edition in what promises to be an annual series of insight into the movers and shakers of the Muslim world. Entitled The 500 Most Influential Muslims 2009, the book categorizes Muslims’ influential capacities into 15 categories: scholarly , political, administrative, lineage, preachers, women, youth, philanthropy, development, science and technology, arts and culture, Qu’ran reciters, media, radicals, international Islamic networks and issues of the day. As part of an ongoing series each week those receiving mention in North America will be highlighted. This week those who seem to have influence in Science and Technology will be highlighted. In this category, there are four people honored living in the United States.

Mohamad Chakaki is a founding member of Green Muslims, a Washington, D.C. group that seeks to relate sustainable environmental policy to faith. He works on projects in the US and the Middle East.

Fuad El Hibri is the CEO of Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. BioSolutions is a multinational bio-pharmaceutical company that is the sole-holder of the FDA-approved anthrax vaccine. He is also Chairman of the East West Resources Corporation and Chairman and Treasurer of the El Hibri Charitable Foundation.

Dr. Mehmet Oz is a cardiothoracic surgeon recently named one of the sexiest men alive for 2009. A frequent visitor of the Oprah Winfrey show and now host of his own show, he is a professor at Columbia University and leads numerous charities and organizations. He has authored several books on personal health.

Ahmed Zewail is the recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on femotochemistry. He is the Linus Pauling Professor at the California Institute for Technology and was recently asked to serve at President Obama’s invitation as an adviser to the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

Fuad El-Hibri (born March 2, 1958) is an American businessman, and CEO of Emergent BioSolutions.

Fuad El-Hibri (born March 2, 1958) in Hildesheim, Germany spent his childhood equally in Europe and the Middle East before coming to the USA to get an economics degree from Stanford and an MBA from Yale.

Ever since the dot-COM bubble burst almost ten years ago, Maryland has been bragging about how biotech would not only become the next big thing in innovation and business but would put Maryland on the map. Well, while it has mostly been hyperbole, Rockville, Maryland, based Emergent BioSolutions has been the bright-burning exception under the leadership of Chairman and CEO, Mr. Fuad El-Hibri. Well, Ernst & Young has named Fuad El-Hibri the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced today that Fuad El-Hibri, its chairman and chief executive officer,
received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2009 Award in
the Technology category in Greater Washington.  According to Ernst
& Young LLP, the award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs
who are building and leading dynamic, growing businesses.  Mr. El-Hibri
was selected by an independent panel of judges and the award was
presented at a special gala event on June 18 at the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner in Virginia.