Noosheen Hashemi | |
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| Born | Iran  |
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| Occupation | Entrepreneur, philanthropist |
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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]
Hashemi 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]
Early 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]
She is married to Farzad Nazem, former chief technology officer of Yahoo!. [6]
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