Sam Nazarian (Persian: سام نظریان; born 1975) is a Persian-American businessman, investor and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of SBE Entertainment Group. Biography Early life Nazarian was born to a Persian Jewish family in Tehran in 1975. The Nazarian family immigrated to the United States following the Iranian Revolution. He is the son of Younes Nazarian who was…
Fardad Farahzad (Persian: فرداد فرحزاد, born 1 April 1986) is an Iranian-British journalist, TV presenter and entrepreneur. He is the anchor of 24 With Fardad Farazad on Iran International. He is the founder of YourTime TV, a decentralized Satellite TV channel where users can upload their videos and choose a time slot to broadcast it….
Goli Ameri (Persian: گلی عامری; née Yazdi; born September 26, 1956) is an Iranian-American businesswoman and former U.S. Diplomat. She is the co-founder of StartItUp, a mobile technology platform that provides resources to aspiring entrepreneurs.She formerly served as Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Values and Diplomacy for the International Federation of Red Cross and…
Bijan Pakzad (/biˌʒæn ˈpɑːkzɑːd/; Persian: بیژن پاکزاد, pronounced [biːʒæn pɑːkzɑːd]), generally known mononymously as Bijan (4 April 1940 – 16 April 2011), was an Iranian designer of menswear and fragrances. Biography Bijan was born in Tehran, Iran in either 1940 or 1944 He was the son of a wealthy businessman. He attended Institut Le Rosey,and studied design in Switzerland and Italy.Bijan’s career began in Iran with the Pink Panther Boutique…
Hamid Moghadam (Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Prologis) (Born August 26, 1956) is an Iranian-American business executive and philanthropist. In 2011, Moghadam orchestrated the combination between AMB, a firm he co-founded in 1983, and ProLogis to create Prologis, the largest logistics real estate company in the world. Moghadam currently serves as Prologis…
Anousheh Ansari Anousheh Ansari was born in 1966 in the Iranian holy city of Mashhad, a town of parks and mosques, nestled in the valley of the Nashaf River. Her mother came from a long line of holy men, and her father from a proud family of prosperous merchants. Years before…
Anoosheh Oskouian President & Chief Executive Officer As the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. She directs the corporate strategy for marketing and product development with her team of sales engineers, design engineers, project managers, fabricators, service technicians and other support staff to design, fabricate,…
Mark Moshayedi Mark Moshayedi serves as CEO of MSM Global Ventures, a privately held realestate investment and Venture capital company based in Newport Beach, California. As head of the company, Mark Moshayedi uses his considerable experience in development, sales and management to help the business thrive. Mark Moshayedi also server…
Home Architecture & Engineering An Iranian entrepreneur An Iranian visionary Fasha Mahjoor Architect-turned-disruptor, Fasha Mahjoor is a renowned visionary celebrated widely for his success in driving critical transformation across a number of life sciences verticals. Around here, he is better known as the architect of Phenomenex, and former colleagues hold his warmth,…
Bita Daryabari, a philanthropist Bita Daryabari, a philanthropist, former Silicon Valley computer scientist and education advocate, was born in 1969 in Tehran. She moved to the United States in 1985, where she studied computer science and completed a Master’s degree in telecom management. Driven by her love of culture and education,…
