Hassan Khosrowshahi
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Hassan Khosrowshahi CM OBC |
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| Born | March 1940 (age 77) Tehran, Iran |
| Residence | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran |
| Occupation |
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist Former Chairman & CEO of Future Shop |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Net worth |
 US$ 1.46 billion |
| Spouse(s) | Nezhat Khosrowshahi |
| Relatives |
Dara Khosrowshahi Behzad Khosrowshahi (Son) Darian Shirazi Ali Khosroshahi |
| Website | Persis Holdings |
Hassan Khosrowshahi (Persian: حسن خسروشاهی) CM OBC, is an Iranian-Canadian business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is noted for being the founder of Canadian electronic store chain Future Shop. Born in Iran, Khosrowshahi earned degrees in economics and law from the University of Tehran. He and his family founded the Persis Group of Companies in 1981, focusing initially on retailing and real estate and then on pharmaceutical and entertainment industries.
Hassan Khosrowshahi was born into a prominent industrial and merchant Khosroshahi family in Tehran in 1940. He was educated in Iran and England and obtained his degree in law and economics from the University of Tehran.
He joined his family company, the Minoo Industrial Group founded by his father Ali Khosrowshahi, in 1961. Minoo Industrial Group was a major manufacturer and distributor of food products, pharmaceutical and cosmetics with sales over US $350 million in 1978. Minoo Industrial Group produced products under its own brand names and under license for major international companies such as Beatrice Foods, Sandoz, United Biscuits, L'Oréal Group, Boots, and G. D. Searle & Company. In addition, the Khosrowshahi family, through various companies which they controlled, had been the exclusive distributors for Nestlé S.A. in Iran from 1954 until 1981.
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