Pierre Morad Omidyar (born Parviz Morad Omidyar, June 21, 1967) is a French-born Iranian-American billionaire. A technology entrepreneur, software engineer, and philanthropist, he is the founder of eBay, where he served as chairman from 1998 to 2015. Omidyar and his wife Pamela founded Omidyar Network in 2004. As of 2023, Forbes ranked Omidyar as the 245th-richest person in the…
Mohammed Mark Amin (Persian: محمد مارک امین) is an Iranian American motion picture producer, writer, director, and distributor who has been working in independent and mainstream cinema for more than two decades. Some of Amin’s film credits include The Prince and Me (2004), starring Julia Stiles, 1997’s Eve’s Bayou, starring Samuel L. Jackson, and 2002’s Frida, a biopic which…
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….
