Iranian wealthy in America and economic influence spaces – ryan

Middle East News: Before the outbreak of the recent war between Iran and Israel and then the United States entered the confrontation line and bombed the nuclear establishments, users of social media circulated last June scenes of Donald Trump’s meeting with a number of American economic activists at the White House, where the American President went to “Dara Khusro Shahi”, the Iranian CEO of Uber, saying: “I think you should take over this The negotiations (and the indirect conversations between Araqi and Wukov then are the most appropriate.

This is the remarkable appearance of Khusro Shahi at a sensitive political moment to the forefront of the old questions about the economic influence of Iranian -American in decision centers in the United States, and the extent of their presence in strategic sectors such as technology, financing and real estate.

For the purpose of highlighting the Iranian presence in the American economic scene, this report reviews a group of the most prominent Iranian businessmen residing in the United States, who have accumulated huge fortunes and established influential projects in the fields of technology, real estate, entertainment, car industry and others. The article does not aim to assess the extent of these individuals ’association with Iran’s policies or their relationship to it, but rather focuses on their biographies, the size of their wealth and areas of their influence within the American economy, in a purely documentary and analytical standpoint.

Dara Khusro Shahi, Uber CEO

Dara Khusro Shahi was born in 1969 in Tehran. Then he left in 1978 with his family Iran to France and from there to the United States. His father was the founder of the “Meno” Sweets Industry Group in Iran. Khosro Shahi is one of the most prominent Iranian American investors, and has been the CEO of Uber since 2017, which has been active in more than 70 countries.

According to reports, his wealth was estimated in 2025 at about 238 million dollars. Before joining “Uber”, he worked for the company “Expeedia”, where the total value of travel reservations witnessed more than four times, and revenues multiplied before taxes. During that period, “Expeeda” expanded its presence in more than 60 countries, and acquired major companies such as Travelocity, Orbitz and Homeaway.

Bir Murad Ameidiar: The Iranian billionaire for Forbes magazine

Bir Mourad Ameidiar, Iranian American businessman and investor, is one of the influential figures in the field of e -commerce. The first Iranian name appears on the list of the American wealthy for the “Forbes” magazine, with its net wealth in 2024 amounted to about 10.6 billion dollars. It is known for its support for the Democratic Party and its activity in political and social investment. He is the founder and chairman of the EBY website, the platform that allowed users to buy and sell online.

Amid Kurdistani, the brilliant name in Google

The fourth Iranian name in the Forbes list of the wealthy is Amid Kurdistani, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the British “Pearson” company. It ranks 189th worldwide, and is considered one of the prominent figures in the technology and e -commerce industry. He held influential positions in companies such as “Google”, “Twitter” and “Vodafone”.

His net wealth is estimated in 2025 at about 957 million dollars, with 5,627,540 shares at Alphabet Inc (Googl) at a value of approximately $ 884 million, in addition to 392,860 second -class shares (Goog Millions of dollars. He held the position of first vice president for sales and international operations in Google, then became the CEO of Twitter between 2015 and 2020, and in 2022 he chaired the Boarson PLC board.

Fis Radwani and his terrifying cars

Fis Radwani is the most prominent Iranian entrepreneur residing in the United States and one of the most prominent car designers in the world. He founded his company “Radwani Motors”, which produces millions of dollars in super sports cars, and also cooperated with prestigious companies such as Ferrari, Aston Martin and DBC.

Radwani said in one of the interviews: “I was born in Tehran in 1974, and I traveled with my family to the United States in 1983 when I was nine years old. I decided to translate my passion for speed by designing high -speed cars. ”

Radwani stated that he visited Iran last time in 2004, and that he aspired to manufacture “Radwani” cars in Iran. The first car was produced by “Beast” in 2014, followed by improved models such as “Beast X” and “Beast Alpha”. As for the “TNK”, it is equipped with a 6.4 -liter V8 engine with a power of 500 hp, and anti -bullet glass, as well as thermal cameras that help the driver to avoid collision with animals or people.

Salar Kamir, from Google and YouTube leaders

On his website, Salar Mansker presents himself as follows: “Born in 1977 in Tehran, former CEO of YouTube and Supreme Deputy Head of the Video Department of Google.” He led the team that launched the Adwords service, and also held the position of Vice President of Web Programs in “Google”, taking over the supervision of Gmail, Calendar, Reader, Orkut, Blogger, Picasa, Docs, Spreadsheets, and others.

In October 2010, Manshir was appointed CEO of YouTube. His name was mentioned as an inventor in four main patents related to AdWords, the only name common to all of them.

Arch Ferdousi, Founder of Dropbox

Arch Ferdosi is an Iranian American businessman who has been participating in the establishment of the cloud storage platform “Drop Box” and is the CEO of Technology. He was chosen by “Fortune” magazine in 2011 in the list of “The Best Entrepreneurship Under 40”, as was chosen by “Tech Krank” as “The Pioneer of the Year”. In 2018, his net wealth was estimated at more than $ 1.1 billion.

Theoretical Sam, founder of the SBA entertainment group

Sam theoretical is one of the most successful Iranian businessmen in the United States. He founded and heads the SBA entertainment group, which invests in the areas of entertainment, real estate and hotel services in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Miami, and its wealth is estimated at more than $ 150 million. The company was established in 2002 and has famous brands such as SLS Hotels, Hyde Lounge, and Katsuya.

Camran Al -Hayyan, the world of silicon chips

Kamran Al Hayyan writes on his personal website that he immigrated from Iran to the United States at the age of 18, and joined the University of Utah. At the age of 22, he was holding two bachelor’s degrees and master’s degrees. He mentioned that he presented many ideas to electronic chips design companies, but they rejected them, which led him to establish his own company. At the age of 27, he founded Cae Systems.

Cae Systems, founded by Hayyan, was able to attract the attention of major companies, until TEKTRONIX bought it three years after its establishment for $ 75 million.

Al -Hayyan says: “At the age of thirty, Cirus Logic established the leading electronic chips, and the value of the initial offering of its shares in less than five years reached 150 million dollars, and its revenues increased within 10 years to more than one billion dollars, while its market value exceeded 3.5 billion dollars. Digital. ”

Mustafa Rounqi: A pioneer in health techniques

Mustafa Rounqi is one of the founders and executive board members of Cellanome. Before its foundation, from 2008 to 2021 he held multiple positions at Eumina, among them the chief technology official, first deputy president and member of the leadership executive. During his presence in “Illumina”, in 2016, he founded Grail, which specializes in cancer detection techniques. Before that, he was a major researcher at the Genome Technology Center at Stanford University between 1999 and 2008. He also established several other startups, including: Pyrosequense AB, Paralele Biosciencees, Nextbio, Avantome, and Clear Labs, all of which focused on early detection of diseases using advanced techniques.

Ali and Hadi Peroy

Ali and Hadi Peroti are two American brothers, whose name has been associated with a number of major technology companies in the Silicon Valley, such as “Drop Box”, “Facebook”, and the code.org code.

Ali Bartoy was a member of the founding team of the advertising company “Linkexchang”, which was bought by “Microsoft” in 1998 for $ 265 million. As for Hadi, he participated in the establishment of the company “Tellme Networks” specialized in audio recognition techniques, which was acquired by “Microsoft” in 2007 for $ 800 million. The brothers Beroy were born in Tehran in 1972, and they are the granddaughter of the well -known Iranian merchant Majeed Khusrou Shahi, and they are combined with relatives with Dara Khusro Shahi. Their father, Fayrouz Peroy, founded the Faculty of Physics at Sharif University in Tehran.

Amir Khusro Shahi: One of the pioneers of artificial intelligence

Amir Khusro Shahi is an entrepreneur and expert in artificial intelligence of Iranian origin, who obtained the bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics and mathematics from Harvard University. Participated in the establishment of Nervana Systems, which specializes in software and deep learning devices.

In 2016, “Intel” took over “NERVANA” for $ 408 million, to appoint Khosro Shahi later as a deputy and technical director of artificial intelligence products in “Intel”. He had a fundamental role in developing the Nervana Cloud and Nervana Engine platforms, which are considered among the most prominent infrastructure of deep learning technologies. He is currently working as an adviser at Neurophos, which specializes in artificial intelligence.

Farhad Maht: E -commerce pioneer

Farhad Maht is an Iranian American businessman who founded the Bizrate.com platform in 1996, one of the first electronic store evaluation platforms, before it was later known as “Shopzilla”. In 2005, EW Scrips acquired it for $ 565 million. He later founded the “Flipagram” application that specializes in the production of short videos with music, which was bought by the Chinese company by Teedance in 2017, to become part of “Tek Tok”. Currently, he runs the goodparty.org platform that benefits from artificial intelligence techniques to support independent elections candidates without party financing.

Bayam Zamani: The man of technology and travel

Since August 2024, Since August 2024, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of “Inspirato”. He is also the founder and manager of One Planet Group, a private investment company that focuses on technology in the travel and tourism sector. In 1994, Autowb.com was founded, then in 2001, Reply.com launched the “Buyerlink” site. His net wealth is estimated at 4 June 2025 at about 21.7 million dollars, with 5.4 million shares in ISPO.

Baman Nawzad: From the carpet trade to the financing of technology companies

Bejman Nawzad began his life in selling Iranian carpets in the city of Palo Alto, then he became one of the founders of the Pear VC investment fund, and entered the Midas Seed list for 2023 and 2024. Through “PEAR”, he funded prominent companies such as Doordash (with a market value of $ 85.6 billion), Guardant Health ($ 4.9 billion), and Soundhound ($ 4.1 billion). His current investments include companies such as Vanta ($ 2.4 billion), Gusto salary platform, and Dropbox. In 2024, he supervised the launch of a 30,000 square feet work area for emerging companies in artificial intelligence in the Dogpatch area of ​​San Francisco. In March 2025, he also joined the COH SPORTS sports club.

Mani Khosh Bin: The Emperor of Luxury Real Estate

Mani Khosh is considered among the most prominent Iranian businessmen in America in the field of real estate and investment. He is the CEO of “Khoshbin Company” and has accumulated a great fortune in more than 20 years, until he became one of the richest Iranians outside the country. It also has books on entrepreneurship and self -development.

Sina Tamnad: Steve Jobs alternative name

Sin Tamdin until the beginning of the new millennium as the first vice president of applications for Apple, and was referred to as the potential caliph of Steve Jobs. He was born in 1956 in the city of Tabriz, and graduated from Brado University in the United States. His wealth is estimated at more than $ 73 million.

Klely Ameri: Diplomacy and Technology Investment

Klela Amiri is one of the richest Iranian diplomatic figures abroad, and her wealth is estimated at more than $ 5 million. After retiring from her position in the Red Cross, she established the Startitup platform to support entrepreneurship via mobile phones. She previously held the position of US Secretary of State for Education and Culture, and worked as a deputy Minister of Humanitarian Diplomacy at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Periar Adalah: From the law to an investment empire in the Gulf

Brian Intam is an Iranian American businessman and lawyer holding a doctorate in law from New York University, and currently runs a huge investment group in the United Arab Emirates. Its annual income is said to exceed $ 100 million. The value of his real estate company is estimated at about $ 1.2 billion in 2019, and it is likely to have exceeded $ 2 billion currently.

Sasan Kuderzi: The Director of the Intuit Giant Company

Sasan Koderzi is the CEO of Intuit Software and Financial Services. His estimated wealth is more than $ 87 million. It has more than 793 Intuit units worth more than $ 18 million, and during the past 12 years he sold shares of $ 51.6 million. In his executive position, Koderzi achieved a income of more than $ 17.5 million.