If today’s University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll — which had former Houston Mayor Bill White with a whopping 50-11 lead over Farouk Shami (30 percent claimed to be undecided) — wasn’t enough to hand ...

Farouk Shami came to America in 1965 with $71 in his pocket and through determination achieved the American dream. He is the Founder and Chairman of Farouk Systems, Inc. a multinational corporation ...

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Farouk Shami's life story - Palestinian immigrant turned chairman of a major Houston hair care products company - epitomizes the classic journey to the American dream. But Shami's road to success has ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Defense University Foundation Chairman and retired US Army Brigadier General Jack A. Pellicci recently appointed Dr. Farouk Shami, Founder and Chairman of Farouk ...

When Farouk Shami's parents learned that he was training to become a hairdresser, they threatened to disown him. This was in the mid-1960s, long before Shami became the owner of an enormous hair care ...

AUSTIN — Houston hair-care millionaire Farouk Shami is launching his bid for the Texas Democratic gubernatorial nomination today as an example of the American dream: a poor immigrant who earned a ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's comments that Muslims should be banned from entering the United States have caused a lot of outrage, and now they could hurt his ...

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Businessmen Clayton Williams and Tony Sanchez bought instant credibility in their runs for governor through large investments of their personal fortunes, but hair-care millionaire Farouk Shami isn't ...