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Javed Tapia graduated from Sydenham College and completed his MBA from Duke University . He is the founder of Duke University 's Fuqua Alumni Club in India and also serves on the interview panel for prospective applicants to Fuqua School of Business. Javed started his career with his family's real estate business, Clover Constructions. Javed then established an end-to-end IT solutions company, Clover Technologies, that provided enterprise level Unix and Oracle solutions and support. Javed took an early lead in understanding the Linux market when he founded a group under Clover Technologies to focus on Linux early in 1999. Javed then brought Red Hat, Inc., a leading US Linux company into India and led Red Hat India for five years before selling his stake to Red Hat, Inc. Javed continues to serve on the board of Red Hat India .