Moose M. Scheib (born June 21, 1980) is a Lebanese-born American attorney, television producer, and real estate specialist.Claire Ferris-Lay and Kat Slowe, (2009-08-02), http://www.arabianbusiness.com/30-under-30-151844.html?view=profile&itemid=151848, Retrieved July 24, 2012 He was the CEO of CBIG, a firm set up to market EB-5 visas (which allow international investors to obtain a US

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by investing in US companies), to Middle East investors.

Early life and education

Scheib was born in

Beirut, Lebanon Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of ...

during the

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, the son of a newspaper editor and government official. His family immigrated to the U.S. (

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) when he was seven years old and eventually settled in Dearborn, Michigan. When Scheib was twelve, his father – who sought work as a truck driver to keep the family afloat – suffered the first in a series of strokes. As a result, his mother began work at a metro-Detroit restaurant and Scheib began working and caring for his ill father and siblings. Scheib graduated from

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in 1998. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics & Management from

Albion College Albion College is a private liberal arts college in Albion, Michigan. The college was founded in 1