Noosheen Hashemi

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Hashemi at CES 2026
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Occupation Entrepreneur, philanthropist   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Spouse(s) Farzad Nazem   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Noosheen Hashemi is an Iranian-born 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]

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Early life and education

Noosheen Hashemiwas born in Pahlavi Iran (now Iran). [2] Hashemi immigrated to the United States as a teenager in 1977.[ citation needed ]

She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from San Jose State University in 1984, and a Master of Science degree in management from Stanford University in 1993. [3]

Career

Early in her career, Hashemi joined Oracle Corporation, 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. [4]

In 2010, she was recognized with the Carnegie Corporation Great Immigrants Award. [5] 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 [6]

Personal life

She is married to Farzad Nazem, former chief technology officer of Yahoo!. [7] Together they have two children.

References

  1. Zinko, Carolyne (2013-03-15). "Noosheen Hashemi honors women's rights". SFGATE. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  2. Zinko, Carolyne. "Persian gala's goal to change perception of Iranians". SFGATE. Archived from the original on 2024-02-02. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  3. "Noosheen Hashemi". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  4. 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.
  5. "Great Immigrants - Noosheen Hashemi, Philanthropist, investor". Carnegie Corp. 2010.
  6. "CEDAW 2020 Awards" (PDF).
  7. Zinko, Carolyne (2007-11-25). "Persian gala's goal to change perception of Iranians". SFGATE. Retrieved 2024-02-02.