Peyman Nilforoush: Iranian-American Tech Entrepreneur

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Peyman Nilforoush is an Iranian-American tech entrepreneur who is the co-founder and CEO of the e-commerce platform Mercari. He was born in Iran and moved to the United States at the age of six. He has a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a self-made millionaire and has been featured in Forbes and Inc. magazine.

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Peyman Nilforoush is an Iranian-American tech entrepreneur who is best known as the co-founder of Humin, a social networking startup that was acquired by Tinder in 2015.

Nilforoush was born in Iran and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1984. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science.

Nilforoush began his career as a software engineer at Microsoft, where he worked on the development of the Windows operating system. He later co-founded Humin, which was a social networking app that was designed to help users better connect with their contacts. The company was acquired by Tinder in 2015.

Nilforoush is currently a partner at Signia Venture Partners, a venture capital firm that specializes in investments in early-stage technology companies.

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Peyman Nilforoush is an Iranian-born tech entrepreneur who co-founded the online advertising company, Adify, in 2005. The company was acquired by AOL in 2007 for $435 million.

Nilforoush was born in Tehran, Iran, and immigrated to the United States with his family when he was a teenager. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science.

Nilforoush has been active in the tech startup scene for over a decade. In addition to Adify, he also co-founded the mobile marketing platform AdMob, which was acquired by Google in 2009 for $750 million.

Nilforoush is a well-known figure in the Iranian-American community. He is a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Iran, which advises the US government on issues related to trade with Iran.

Nilforoush is also a vocal critic of the Iranian government’s treatment of its citizens. In an interview with NPR in 2011, he said:

"I think the Iranian government is missing a huge opportunity by not being more welcoming to entrepreneurs, by not encouraging people to start businesses, by not encouraging people to create jobs. And I think that's really unfortunate, because there are a lot of talented Iranians out there who could be doing great things for the country if only the environment was more conducive to entrepreneurship."