Shah Safari, Inc. In 1975, Raj and Akhil Shah founded Shah Safari, Inc. to design, manufacture, market and distribute trend-setting young men’s sportswear. At the time they founded their company, Raj (19) & Akhil (17), were both students at Shoreline Community College just north of Seattle. They initially operated the company out of the basement of their family’s home in north Seattle. Shah Safari grew rapidly into a thriving business. Innovative designs, reliability, sourcing strength, and popular price points rendered a huge market share of the young men’s woven shirt business in the U.S. According to an independent NPD study, Shah Safari, Inc. controlled 24% of the Young Men’s woven tops business in the U.S. from the mid-1980’s through early 1990’s. In 1982 Shah Safari, Inc. launched its INTERNATIONAL NEWS, INC. division to address a more upscale young men’s sportswear market. I.N. was one of the pioneers of the urban sportswear trend with the internationally popular brand, MECCA. Shah Safari, Inc. and International News, Inc.( www.intlnewsinc.com ) have become global enterprises that specialize in the design, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of trend setting sportswear brands which include: RAW EDGE • ROAD • REACTOR+ • PUNCH • QUEST • MECCA USA • A. TIZIANO • ALPHANUMERIC • JEEPNEY • TRIGELLE • THE YEAR OF…, • ETIENNE OZEKI • TRIKO. International News, Inc. also owns and operates the ZEBRACLUB retail boutiques ( www.zebraclub.com ) that offer upscale young men’s and women’s fashion products. Three of these boutiques are in Seattle (Downtown, Capitol Hill, and in the prestigious Bellevue Square Mall). A ZEBRACLUB opened in Vancouver, BC in 2006. ZEBRACLUB also has a location in Berlin, Germany. Planning is underway to expand ZEBRACLUB in additional markets. Shah Safari, Inc. is in the process of rolling out retail stores dedicated to offering Shah Safari’s new upscale menswear collection – ROAD. Stores have been opened in Seattle and Bellevue, WA • Overland Park, KS • Indianapolis. For more information on ROAD, please visit www.roadapparel.com. A few years ago, Raj and Akhil Shah were awarded the prestigious “Northwest Entrepreneur of the Year Award”, sponsored by Merrill Lynch and Ernst & Young, LLP. Shah Safari, Inc.’s international headquarters and domestic distribution centers remain in Seattle. The company operates international offices, showrooms, design studios and production facilities in New York, London, Hong Kong, Mumbai and Kenya. Giving Back: Shah Safari, Inc. and its principals have always embraced a culture of giving back to the community. Below is a partial list of charities and charitable Foundations that the company or its principals are actively involved in supporting. Nargis Dutt Cancer Foundation of Washington an organization dedicated to providing funding and equipment for cancer research in India. Seattle Bio-Medical Research Institute www.sbri.org Global Partnerships www.globalparterships.org Mary Gate’s Circle of the United Way of King County. www.uwkc.org Indian American Education Foundation. www.iaefseattle.org Seattle Parks Foundation www.seattleparksfoundation.org Children’s Hospital www.seattlechildrens.org First Tee of Greater Seattle www.thefirstteeseattle.org Ronald McDonald House www.rmhcseattle.org Habitat for Humanity www.seattle-habitat.org Treehouse www.childrenstreehousefdn.org The Moyer Foundation www.moyerfoundation.org Detlef Schrempf Foundation www.detlef.com Seattle Art Museum www.seattleartmuseum.org O-Wines www.owines.com East Africa Center www.eastafricancenter.org Woodland Park Zoo www.zoo.org Mike Alesko Design Scholarship Fund www.madsf.org