Mehrdad Nikoonahad
Dr. Mehrdad Nikoonahad is an Iranian electrical engineer, innovator and technologist. Background and education Dr. Nikoonahad received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electronic Engineering from University College London (UCL), England, in 1979 and 1983, respectively. [...]
Sam Nazarian
Sam Nazarian (Persian: سام نظریان, born 1975 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian entrepreneur. Nazarian is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SBE, a Los Angeles based luxury hospitality, real estate development and lifestyle company [...]
Paul Merage
Paul Merage is an Iranian entrepreneur. He is the former CEO and co-founder of Chef America Inc. who invented Hot Pockets microwaveable snacks. He received a bachelors and an MBA from the Haas School of Business [...]
David Merage
David Merage is a successful American businessman and venture philanthropist who co-founded the frozen microwave snack Hot Pockets. He and brother Paul Merage later sold the company to Nestlé for $2.6 billion. In 1976, David [...]
Shahram Dabiri
Shahram Dabiri (also known as Shane Dabiri, alias Drake) was a lead producer at Blizzard Entertainment for World of Warcraft and World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, and prior to that Starcraft: Brood War. Since April [...]
Hamid Akhavan Malayeri
Hamid Akhavan-Malayeri (born in 1961 in Tehran, Iran) is the CEO of Siemens Enterprise Communications since February 2010. Previously, he was member of the board of Deutsche Telekom AG and also CEO of T-Mobile International AG. [...]
Shaun Toub
Shaun Toub (born 1963) is an Iranian film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Farhad in the 2004 movie Crash, as Rahim Khan in the movie The Kite Runner, and [...]
Bahar Soomekh
Bahar Soomekh (Persian: بهار سومخ born March 30, 1975) is an Iranian actress and environmental activist. She began acting in the early 2000s, and is perhaps best known for her film roles in the films Crash [...]
Behnaz Sarafpour
Behnaz Sarafpour is a New York City-based designer who introduced a line of women’s apparel bearing her name in 2001. She attended Parsons School of Design, where she was honored with the Golden Thimble Award, and [...]
Cyrus Nowrasteh
Cyrus Nowrasteh (Persian: سیروس نورسته), born September 19, 1956, is an Iranian screenwriter and director of theatrical films, television shows, and made-for-TV movies. He is best known for his involvement in the controversial docudrama The Path [...]
