Avid Larizadeh

Avid Larizadeh-Duggan (born 1978 or 1979) is an Iranian-French-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. She is the EVP Group, Chief Strategy and Business Officer at Kobalt Music Group and a non executive director of Barclays Bank UK.

She is a Mayfield Fellow and a Kauffman Fellow. In 2016 she was named one of the World Economic Forum's "Young Global Leaders".

Larizadeh Duggan was born in Dallas Texas right before the Iranian Revolution. She has a sister, Roxanna Larizadeh. They are the grandchildren of Kazem Khosrowshahi, the cofounder of pharmaceutical conglomerate KBC – a company nationalized in 1980 after the Iranian Revolution. Kazem Khosrowshahi entered politics in August 1977 as Minister of Commerce, but his tenure was short lived due to the Revolution. Larizadeh Duggan’s father, also an entrepreneur, and her mother had to leave Iran in 1979 and start over in Europe where they immigrated. Larizadeh Duggan and her sister grew up in Paris, France.

Larizadeh Duggan attended L’Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel before studying at Stanford University, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 2000 and master’s degree in 2001 both in engineering. While at Stanford, Larizadeh Duggan was a Mayfield Fellow and a Member of Stanford’s Women Honor Society, Cap and Gown.

Larizadeh Duggan also has an MBA from Harvard Business School where she graduated in 2006.

While studying at Stanford University, she worked for Linkexchange (acquired by Microsoft in 1998) and Tellme Networks (Acquired by Microsoft in 2007).

After graduating from Stanford, she joined eBay on the product management team. She launched eBay’s first suite of global online selling tools, Selling Manager and Selling Manager Pro, for which she holds a patent. She also led the design and launch of eBay’s picture services.

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