Razmig Hovaghimian
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| Born | Cairo, Egypt |
| Residence | San Francisco, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Berkeley (BA) Stanford University (MBA) |
| Occupation | CEO & co-founder, Viki (2008-present) Senior executive officer of global content, Rakuten (2013-present) |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Razmig Hovaghimian is an American entrepreneur. He is co-founder and CEO of the international online streaming video site Viki, and senior executive officer of global content and a board observer at Rakuten. He is also a co-founder and board member of Embrace.
Hovaghimian was born in Cairo, Egypt, to Armenian parents. He moved to Los Angeles, California, by himself at the age of 16. Hovaghimian attended the University of California at Berkeley, majoring in political economy and minoring in business administration. After graduating, he spent time as a consultant at Mitchell Madison Group in the US and Europe, before relocating to Japan to work as a management consultant at ad agency Dentsu. He returned to the US to attend the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he received his MBA.
While attending Stanford, after a summer spent working with the United Nations in South Sudan, Hovaghimian, Jane Chen, Rahul Panicker and Linus Liang founded Embrace, an affordable alternative to a premature infant incubator, designed specifically for infants in developing countries and isolated communities. It can be manufactured at a cost much lower than that of an incubator. Launched in 2011, the Embrace looks like a tiny sleeping bag, with an electric heater and a wrap for the infant to keep the temperature warm. It started as a class project, growing to a company based in 14 countries as of 2014.
Embrace received an INDEX People's Choice Award, and in 2010 was selected as an Innovative Technology for Public Health by the World Health Organization.
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