Kamran Elahian
Entrepreneur

    Kamran Elahian, a veteran entrepreneur with more than 28 years of experience in the high-tech industry, co-founded (in 1999) and is currently chairman of Global Catalyst Partners, a global venture capital fund that focuses on communication product companies. Mr. Elahian co-founded ten other companies, including CAE Systems, a software company acquired by Tektronix for $75 million; Cirrus Logic, a fabless semiconductor company; PlanetWeb, a communication software company for Internet appliances; Actelis Networks, a broadband telecommunications systems company; Informative, a customer feedback solutions software company. Several of these companies he still serves as chairman. He also co-founded Global Catalyst Foundation, and is chairman of Schools Online, a nonprofit public charity organization he founded that aims to bring the Internet to every school in the world.