Farooq Kathwari
Farooq Kathwari is an American businessman who is currently the CEO of Ethan Allen.Life
Kathwari moved to the United States from Kashmir in 1965. He is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive officer of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. He has been president of the Company since 1985 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since 1987. In 1989 he formed a group to purchase Ethan Allen and took the Company public in 1993. Under Kathwari’s leadership Ethan Allen has been transformed into a leading manufacturer and retailer of home furnishings in the United States
In 2016, Kathwari became co-chair of the Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council, an organization founded to address anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish bigotry in the United States.Kathwari is of Kashmiri descent, coming from Srinagar. He had 2 sons, Irfan, who died fighting in the Afghan Civil War in 1992, and Omar.
