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{{Short description|Iranian-American entrepreneur}} | |||
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| name = Kamran Elaalaskdjf | ||
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| birth_date = 1954 | | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954}} | ||
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| spouse = Zohre Elahian | | spouse = Zohre Elahian | ||
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'''Kamran Elahian''' | |||
'''Kamran Elahian''' ({{lang-fa|کامران الهیان}}) is an ] ] who is the chairman and founder of and advises various governments on the needed transition from fossil-based economies to sustainable innovation economies. In the past, as a global high-tech entrepreneur, he co- founded ten companies, had 6 exits, 3 of them were Unicorn IPOs <ref>https://techsauce.co/en/tech-and-biz/itechpreneurship-creating-chaos-to-avoid-chaos-keynote-address-by-kamran-elahian-founder-and-chairman-of-global-innovation-catalyst/</ref> with a total | |||
market cap of over $8B. <ref>https://powderkeg.com/failure-to-success-kamran-elahian/</ref> For 15 years he was Chairman of Global Catalyst Partners, a global VC firm ($350M | |||
under management) with investments in the U.S., Japan, China, India, Israel and Singapore. Underlying his | |||
vision for global philanthropy is the conviction that modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) | |||
can be instrumental in dissolving barriers between nations and bridging the social and political differences | |||
among people. <ref>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/31/amazon-iranian-style-digikala-other-startups-aparat-hamijoo-takhfifan</ref>This vision was reflected in Schools-Online, a nonprofit he co-founded in 1996 to connect the | |||
world, one school at a time (6400 schools in 36 countries were provided with computers and access to the | |||
Internet) and merged with Relief International in 2003; Global Catalyst Foundation, co-founded in 2000 to | |||
improve lives through effective education and empowerment of the youth (with special emphasis on young | |||
women) using the leverage of ICT<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?next_url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonpost.com%2fnews%2fpowerpost%2fwp%2f2015%2f07%2f21%2ftech-recruiters-eye-iranian-tech-talent-clinton-urges-portable-benefits-at-firms-like-uber%2f</ref>, and UN-GAID, a United Nations global forum that promotes ICT in | |||
developing countries where he served as Co-Chairman (2009-2011). | |||
({{langx|fa|کامران الهیان}}) is an ] ] who is the chairman and founder of , he co- founded ten companies. For 15 years he was Chairman of Global Catalyst Partners. | |||
==Career== | |||
Kamran co-founded 10 companies <ref>https://www.techinasia.com/talk/great-founder-break-arm</ref>: had 6 exits, 3 of them were Unicorn IPOs with a total market cap of over $8B. | |||
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Iranian-American entrepreneurKamran Elaalaskdjf | |
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کامران الهیان | |
Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Tehran, Iran |
Nationality | Iranian American |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Spouse | Zohre Elahian |
Website | www |
Kamran Elahian
(Persian: کامران الهیان) is an Iranian-American entrepreneur who is the chairman and founder of Global Innovation Catalyst, he co- founded ten companies. For 15 years he was Chairman of Global Catalyst Partners.