Bio

Omar Faruk (born Mohammed Omar Faruk) is the founder of LogicLotus, a company that offers various technology solutions to nonprofit organizations, and the founder/chairman of The Action Network a non-for-profit organization that collaborates with other entities to mobilize people to volunteer in communities around New York City.

At 17, Omar was the youngest winner of the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He is also the winner of the 2006 National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the Bank of America Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and various other reorganizations for outstanding community service.

Omar, one of ten children, immigrated to the United States in 1997 with his family knowing no English. He currently works and lives in Columbus.