Kaleem Shah (born July 6, 1962) is an American entrepreneur, computer engineer and owner of Thoroughbred race horses.
[1] His father, Majeed Shah, was a well-known thoroughbred horse trainer in the country who trained two Indian Triple Crown winners.
His father's advice to him was "should you be blessed with good fortune, if you want to own horses down the road, so be it.”[1] Shah earned a BS in electrical engineering from Bangalore University in India.
He obtained his first contract that year from General Electric to provide Diagnostic Software Development services for a Telecommunication System.
"[6] Following the September 11 Attacks in 2001, the U.S. government became the company's main client and provided support services to the armed forces.
[8] The settlement resolves a qui tam complaint filed against Calnet and Shah that allege that Calnet misrepresented its past private sector experience in providing help desk services in its proposal to win a 2009 FAA contract for IT help desk services.
[1] His father and uncle were both horse trainers in his native India, though he was encouraged to stay away from the track and get an education instead of following his family's profession.
[2] In 2014, Bayern became his most successful winner to date, having won the Grade I Haskell Invitational Stakes, Pennsylvania Derby and the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2014.