Frederick Ghahramani
| Frederick Ghahramani | |
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| Residence | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Alma mater |
Simon Fraser University (Electronic Engineering) |
| Occupation |
Founder of airG Inc. CEO of Just10 Chairman of BrainTest Ltd. |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Board member of |
airG Inc. Just10 Braintest Ltd. |
Frederick Ghahramani is a Canadian technology entrepreneur, engineer, and privacy advocate. He studied electronics engineering at Simon Fraser University, and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Ghahramani is the founder and Managing Director of airG Inc., also known as airGames and airGames Wireless a Canadian software company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. He formed the company in April 2000 with his university class mates Bryce Pasechnik and Vincent Yen. In 2007, airG announced that it had more than 20 million customers globally. In 2014, airG reported that it had reached 100 million customers in 40-plus countries, with its global product sales having exceeded $1 Billion. airG has been recognized as one of the Top 50 Employers of young people in Canada.
In 2001, Ghahramani was awarded the BMO Bank of Montreal First Place Prize in the first annual New Ventures B.C. Competition.
In 2005, Ghahramani was awarded the Business Development Bank of Canada's Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Ghahramani has been granted 3 United States Patents in the fields of mobile control systems and user interface design.
In 2015, during the Canadian Federal Election Campaign, Ghahramani donated $1 million to groups fighting to repeal Bill C-51, Canada's controversial Government Spying & Anti-Terrorism Law Anti-terrorism Act, 2015. Initial recipients of Ghahramani's donation included The Canadian Journalists for Free Expression,OpenMedia.ca, and the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law. Ghahramani said the sweeping surveillance measures contained in Bill C-51 undermine some of the central Canadian values that prompted his family to immigrate to Canada leaving behind an oppressive totalitarian regime in Iran.
In 2008, Ghahramani announced a donation of $200,000 to Canadian charity Kids Help Phone, along with a partnership to assist the charity to promote and advertise its cause through several digital and mobile outreach campaigns.
Ghahramani purchased at auction, the controversial oil on canvas painting "Emperor Haute Couture" by Canadian artist Margaret Sutherland. He stated his intention is to share the painting with Canadian high-schools and Universities for no fee, because "I think it's going to be a Canadian artifact, and does a brilliant job capturing the mood of over 60% of Canadians who felt our Prime Minister didn't want to listen to his own experts."
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