Kaleem Shah, Inc.

Kaleem Shah is founder and president of CalNet in Reston, Va., which handles intelligence analysis, telecommunications, financial and information technology for its clients, which includes the federal government and the military.

He was born and raised in India, where his father, Majeed, was a major trainer. Majeeb Shah won the Indian Triple Crown and many other important stakes, but kept his children away from the races and insisted that they concentrate on their studies. Shah came to the U.S. after receiving a degree in electrical engineering at Bangalore University, earned a masters in computer engineering at Clemson and an MBA in international finance from George Washington University.

Shah became a United States citizen in the 1990s and bought his first racehorses a few years later. His first graded stakes win came in 2010 with Concord Point. In 2014 Shah's Bayern became his first Breeders' Cup winner after he crossed the wire first in the Classic. The next year Dortmund won the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby and finished third in the Kentucky Derby. Other notable horses owned by Shah include Fantastic Style, Declassify, Awesome Baby, Fed Biz, Eden's Moon and May Day Rose.

Shah's horses have earned more than $17.5 million. His 2017 stars include Best Pal Stakes winner Run Away and Grade 1 winner American Gal.