Years active 2000–present Name Frederick Ghahramani | Residence Vancouver, Canada | |
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Occupation Founder of airG Inc.
CEO of Just10
Chairman of BrainTest Ltd. Board member of airG Inc.
Just10
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Alma mater Simon Fraser University | ||
Frederick Ghahramani is a Canadian technology entrepreneur, engineer, and privacy advocate. He studied electronics engineering at Simon Fraser University, and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Career and awards
Ghahramani is the founder and Managing Director of airG Inc., also known as airGames and airGames Wireless, a Canadian software company headquartered in Vancouver. He formed the company in April 2000 with his university class mates Bryce Pasechnik and Vincent Yen. In 2007, airG announced that it had more than 20 million customers globally. In 2014, airG reported that it had reached 100 million customers in 40-plus countries, with its global product sales having exceeded $1 billion. airG has been recognized as one of the Top 50 employers of young people in Canada.
In 2001, Ghahramani was awarded the BMO Bank of Montreal First Place Prize in the first annual New Ventures B.C. Competition. In 2005, he was awarded the Business Development Bank of Canada's Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Philanthropy and activism
In 2015, during the Canadian Federal Election Campaign, Ghahramani donated $1 million to groups fighting to repeal Bill C-51, Canada's controversial Anti-terrorism Act, 2015. Initial recipients of Ghahramani's donation included the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, OpenMedia.ca, and the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law.
In 2008, Ghahramani announced a donation of $200,000 to Canadian charity Kids Help Phone, along with a partnership to assist the charity to promote and advertise its cause through several digital and mobile outreach campaigns.
In 2012, Ghahramani purchased at auction the controversial oil on canvas painting Emperor Haute Couture by Canadian artist Margaret Sutherland. He stated his intention is to share the painting with Canadian high-schools and Universities for no fee, because "I think it's going to be a Canadian artifact, and does a brilliant job capturing the mood of over 60% of Canadians who felt our Prime Minister didn't want to listen to his own experts."