Shervin Pishevar
| Shervin Pishevar | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Shervin Kordary Pishevar 1974 Tehran, Iran |
| Residence | San Francisco California |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | University of California Berkeley |
| Occupation |
Entrepreneur Venture capitalist Super angel |
| Years active | 1997 - Present |
| Employer | Sherpa Capital |
| Organization |
United Nations Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council President's Summit on Entrepreneurship |
| Board member of | J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board |
| Awards | Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2016) Outstanding American by Choice (2012) |
| Website | www.shervin.com |
Shervin Pishevar (born 1974) is an Iranian-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and super angel investor. He is the co-founder and executive chairman of Hyperloop One and a co-founder and managing director of Sherpa Capital, a venture capital fund which has invested in companies including Airbnb, Uber, and Munchery.
As an angel investor, Pishevar has seeded more than 60 companies. He was previously a managing director at Menlo Ventures, where he led investments in Warby Parker, Tumblr, Machine Zone, and Uber Series B. He is a strategic advisor to Uber, and served as a board advisor to the company from 2011-2015. He founded and operated technology-enabled companies including webs.com, WebOS, SGN, HyperOffice.
An American citizen of Iranian descent, Pishevar was awarded an Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2016, and in 2015, he was appointed by Barack Obama to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. He was chosen by the U.S. Government as an Outstanding American by Choice in 2012. He is a member of the UN Foundation’s Global Entrepreneurs Council, and has served as an entrepreneurial ambassador in state department delegations to the Middle East and Russia.
Shervin Pishevar was born in Tehran, Iran, the son of Abraham Pishevar, a television and radio executive, and Eshrat (Kordary) Pishevar. Abraham Pishevar moved to the United States after he was placed on Ayatollah Khomeini’s execution list for broadcasting instructions on leaving Iran for foreign nationals. He became a cab driver in Silver Spring, Maryland, where he was joined by his family 18 months later. While driving the cab, Abraham Pishevar, who already held a Master’s degree, studied for and received a Ph.D. in Mass Communication at Howard University.
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