![]() He is a generous donor to The University of Texas at Austin, from which his twin children, Leslie and Ryan, are expected to graduate next May, as well as to a variety of charities and political campaigns. "My grandfather used to say, 'Buy low, sell high.'"Īnwar said he now feels the need to give back to the country that gave him so much. "I lived within my means, and God rewarded me for all that," he said. By the time the oil business started to boom in the early 2000s, his properties acquired during the slow times were earning five to 10 times more than before. He bought and acquired properties slowly and gradually. A few local oilmen who had faith in him allowed him to drill wells with them and offered to give him a bit of capital to get started. Though times quickly turned difficult for Anwar with the oil bust, he refrained from using borrowed capital. "He had the confidence to go out and attempt something, and generally he could pull it off." "Javaid's always been very positive," Moreland said. It ended up producing almost 200 barrels of oil per day.Īnwar hired Linda Moreland as his part-time secretary, who did accounting for the business at night after working a full-time job. When he arrived the next day to swab the well, or relieve pressure to allow the flow of oil, he was told he wouldn't be able to do it because the well was already flowing. ![]() I ran home and locked myself in my room and prayed to God," Anwar remembered. His moment of truth came in 1984 after drilling his first well in Kermit. She thought he had lost his mind, but he figured if he didn't make it, he was still young enough to go back to work for another oil company.Īnwar moved back to the Permian Basin and created Midland Energy Inc. ![]() In fall 1983, while living in Pampa, Anwar dropped the news on his wife that he wanted to quit his stable job and return to the oil patch to start his own business. ![]() When one of his bosses flew him to Denver, he was inspired by what hard work could earn. "I could see with my eyes what a comfortable life they used to live," he said. While working in Amarillo, he met his wife, Vicky.ĭuring Anwar's first job in Midland, he recalled envying the life of the successful oil businessmen who ate lunch at the Petroleum Club and played golf in the afternoons. "It was a long, hard struggle," he remembered.Īfter graduating in 1976, Anwar worked in Midland, Amarillo, Houston and Pampa as a petroleum engineer. Though he grew up in a fairly comfortable environment thanks to his hard-working mother and grandparents, there were times during college he said he wasn't sure how he would get his next meal. ![]() He hadn't expected the difference to be as great as it was.Īnwar paid his way through school as a petroleum engineering student by working as a busboy, kitchen helper and in construction during the summers. Anwar said he was drawn to Wyoming for its cold climate the hot and humid weather of his hometown gave him headaches and migraines throughout his childhood. "My mother gave me the best private education in high school that really helped me get into universities in the U.S.," Anwar said.Īnwar left his hometown, which today has more than 16 million inhabitants, for the University of Wyoming, which is based in a town of about 30,000 people. Her sacrifice meant he could study at an exclusive private school where he studied English from the time he was in kindergarten. He was raised by a single mother who worked as a telephone operator to put him through school in the densely populated, bustling capital of Karachi in the country's Sindhi province. The engineer-turned-businessman's life was only a dream for his younger self growing up in Pakistan. Earlier this month he was named the 2011 Outstanding Businessman and Entrepreneur Honoree at the 15th annual Pakistan Chamber of Commerce U.S.A. His company began as a one-man operation, and grew, especially in the past five years, to include 17 full-time employees. "People say, 'Doesn't that get boring for you?' Why should I get bored? I guess it's my hobby."Īnwar, 59, set out in 1984 to create his own path in the high-risk oil business. "Every log and every completion is a thrill for me," said Anwar, president and CEO of Midland Energy Inc. ![]()
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