Saj Habib - MGM International Mortgage

Saj Habib
President of MGM International Mortgage

Saj Habib was born in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates on July 4, 1976. He was the first of four children and the only son born to Rashid and Anisa Habib. His father, Rashid, has retired from Citigroup after a successful banking career. Anisa, his mother, travels the world learning new language and cultures.

Living and studying in many different locations around the world like Pakistan, Greece, Guam, Singapore and more, Saj Habib graduated at the top of the class at a private business high school. Later her moved to Boston Massachusetts to study for his bachelors and masters of business administration degree at Bentley and Harvard.

Immediately thereafter, Saj Habib was nabbed by Citigroup and was groomed to follow in his father's footsteps to continue to bring honor to the long line of bankers in the Habib family. However, Saj Habib wanted to carve his own career and destiny. "One day," Saj said, "I want to be walking down the road with my dad, but I don't want people looking at me calling me Rashid Habib's son. I want them pointing at him saying, "That's Saj Habib's father."

After resisting the recruiting attempts from many different financial companies, Saj Habib finally decided to work with the New Century Mortgage Financial Corporation. He saw this as a way for him to step out of his father's shadow working with Citigroup and the first steps towards building his own legacy. Saj headed out the faltering company's retail mortgage operations. Within a short period of time, he was able to influence the company's earnings so much that the stock had risen from $5 a share to over $50 per share, which included multiple splits on the way up.

Five years later, Saj Habib decided to start his own financial empire with the birth of the MGM International Mortgage Corporation.