Noosheen Hashemi is an Iranian-American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the founder and CEO of January.ai, a health company based in Menlo Park, California. She was previously Vice President of Finance and Administration at Oracle Corporation.[1]
Noosheen Hashemi | |
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| Born | Iran  |
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| Occupation | Entrepreneur, philanthropist |
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Early life and education
editHashemi immigrated to the United States from Iran as a teenager in 1977. She earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from San Jose State University in 1984 and a Master of Science in management from Stanford University in 1993.[2]
Career
editEarly in her career, Hashemi joined Oracle, ascending to the position of Vice President of Finance and Administration. Subsequently, Hashemi ventured into entrepreneurship and philanthropy, founding January.ai, a company using machine learning to advance preventive healthcare, particularly for individuals on the diabetes spectrum.
Hashemi is also president and co-founder of the HAND Foundation, focusing on philanthropic efforts that address the needs of the vulnerable and disenfranchised.[3]
In 2010, she was recognized with the Carnegie Corporation Great Immigrants Award.[4] In 2011, she was the recipient of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Human Rights Award for Philanthropy[5]
Personal life
editShe is married to Farzad Nazem, former chief technology officer of Yahoo!.[6]
References
edit- ^ Zinko, Carolyne (2013-03-15). "Noosheen Hashemi honors women's rights". SFGATE. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "Noosheen Hashemi". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ Zinko, Carolyne (2007-01-14). "CLASS ACTS / A new breed of young Bay Area philanthropists redefines the meaning -- and methods -- of giving". SFGATE. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "Great Immigrants - Noosheen Hashemi, Philanthropist, investor". 2010.
- ^ "CEDAW 2020 Awards" (PDF).
- ^ Zinko, Carolyne (2007-11-25). "Persian gala's goal to change perception of Iranians". SFGATE. Retrieved 2024-02-02.