Preet Bharara

Quick Facts

Full Name	Preet Bharara
Occupation	Lawyer
Date Of Birth	Oct 13, 1968(1968-10-13)
Age	56
Birthplace	Firozpur
Country	India
Birth City	Punjab
Horoscope	Libra

Preet Bharara Biography

Preet Bharara is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on October 13, 1968 in Firozpur, Punjab, India. An attorney who rose to prominence as the US Attorney in the Southern District of New York from 2009-2017. His fight against Wall Street financial corruption and bipartisan political corruption earned his place on the 2012 Time Magazine 100 Most Influential Persons in the World List.

His investigations into SAC Capital were the inspiration for Showtime’s hit TV series Billions. The fictional Southern District of New York US attorney was played by His investigations of SAC Capital helped to inspire the popular Showtime TV series Billions and its fictional Southern District of New York US Attorney, who has been played by Paul Giamatti..

Preetinder Singh Bharara (/p r iː t b ə ˈ r ɑːr ə / ; born October 13, 1968) is an American lawyer, author, and former federal prosecutor who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 to

2017. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for five years prior to leading the Southern District. According to The New York Times, during his tenure he was one of “the nation’s most aggressive and outspoken prosecutors of public corruption and Wall Street crime.”

Born in Firozpur, India, his family immigrated to New Jersey in 1970. Bharara graduated from Harvard College in 1990 and attended Columbia Law School before joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a litigation associate in 1993. Three years later he moved to Shereff, Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman, where he did white- collar defense work. Bharara first entered the public sector as chief counsel to Senator Chuck Schumer, charged with investigating the 2006 presidential dismissal of U.S. attorneys. He transferred to the U.S. Department of Justice in 2004 as an assistant U.S. Attorney, launching his career as a federal prosecutor. The Italian mafia was heavily prosecuted by his office, convicting four out of the Five Families of drug trafficking, racketeering, and conspiracy to commit murder. Bharara similarly headed various counter-terroism cases, particularly against Al-Qaeda.

His wife Dalya has three of his children. Vinit, his younger brother, is an entrepreneur.

Preet Bharara Net Worth

Preet Bharara is one of the richest Lawyer from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Preet Bharara 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1990, he graduated from Harvard College magna cum felicite. He then graduated from Columbia Law School with his JD.

India Abroad named him the Person of the Year for 2011. After being dismissed as an American Attorney by the then-new-president He was named by India Abroad as the 2011 Person of the Year. In April 2017, He joined New York University’s School of Law as a distinguished scholar in residence following his dismissal as a US Attorney by then new-president Donald Trump., he joined New York University’s School of Law in April 2017.

Bharara was born in 1968 in Firozpur, Punjab, India, to a Sikh father and Hindu mother. His parents immigrated to the United States in 1970 and Bharara became a U.S. citizen aged 12. He grew up in Eatontown in suburban Monmouth County, New Jersey and attended Ranney School in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, where he graduated as valedictorian in 1986. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1990 and a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School in 1993 where he was a member of the Columbia Law Review.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Preet Bharara Dating?

According to our records, Preet Bharara married to Dalya Bharara. As of December 1, 2023, Preet Bharara’s is not dating anyone.

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Bharara was nominated to become U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York by President Barack Obama on May 15, 2009 and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. He was sworn into the position on August 13, 2009. In September 2014, when Attorney General Eric Holder announced his intention to step down, Bharara was speculated as being a potential candidate as the next United States Attorney General.

Facts & Trivia

Preet Ranked on the list of most popular Lawyer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Preet Bharara celebrates birthday on October 13 of every year.

Bharara moved to shut down several of the world’s largest Internet poker companies. He prosecuted several payment processors for Internet poker companies, securing guilty pleas for money laundering. In April 2011, Bharara charged 11 founding members of internet gambling companies and their associates involved with pay processing with bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling under the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA). The case is United States v. Scheinberg.

What does Preet Bharara do now?

Later career. On April 1, 2017, Bharara joined New York University School of Law as a distinguished scholar in residence. In September 2017 he started a weekly podcast called “Stay Tuned with Preet”, which features long-form interviews with prominent guests.

Who is Preet Bharara brother?

Vinit Bharara

Who is Preet Bharara wife?

Dalya Bharara

Where is Preet Bharara from?

Firozpur, India

Is billions based on Preet Bharara?

— — The creators of “Billions,” a TV drama loosely based on the story of famed U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara’s investigation of a Wall Street hedge- fund manager , are speaking out after the prosecutor was fired by the Justice Department.