Fatima Zaidi

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Fatima Zaidi
Born
Muscat, Oman
NationalityCanadian
EducationUniversity of Toronto, Honours Bachelor of Arts & Science
EmployerQuill Inc
TitleFounder and CEO
Board member of
  1. Tech4SickKids - Toronto SickKids Hospital

Fatima Zaidi (born in 1989) is a Canadian entrepreneur., [1] University lecturer at the University of Toronto, [2] and co-chair of Tech4SickKids at SickKids Hospital. [3]

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She is the founder and CEO of Quill Inc, a Canadian podcast agency [4] and CoHost, a podcast hosting and analytics tool for brands and agencies. [5] [6]

Background

Zaidi was born in Muscat, Oman, and moved to Toronto, Canada in 2007. [7] [8]

Career

In 2016, Zaidi became the VP of Business Development for the Toronto marketing agency, Eighty-Eight. [9] In the same year, she began appearing on segments for BNN Bloomberg on the challenges female founders face in entrepreneurship. [10]

In 2019, Zaidi launched Quill Inc, a branded podcast agency that works with North American brands. [11] [12] [13] In 2021, Quill Inc launched CoHost, a podcast hosting and analytics tool for brands and agencies. [5]

Since 2016, Zaidi has been an advisor for startup companies Willful and Abacus Agency. In 2021, Zaidi took on a teaching position at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Education to educate students on podcasting. [2]

Community

In 2020, Zaidi became the co-chair of the #Tech4SickKids [14] council for SickKids Hospital.

Awards and recognition

Since 2016, Zaidi has won two Top 30 under 30 awards by Marketing Magazine [15] and Bay Street Bull, [16] the Young Professional of the Year by Notable Life, [17] Veuve Clicquot's Bold Future Award, [18] The Women in Content Marketing Award, Bay Street Bull's Woman of the Year, [19] and one of Flare Magazine's Top 100 Women.

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