37 Facts About Shervin Pishevar

Shervin Kordary Pishevar is an Iranian-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, super angel investor, and philanthropist.

Shervin Pishevar is the co-founder and former 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, GoPuff, Cue Health, Slack, Robinhood, Munchery and Postmates.

Shervin Pishevar was previously a managing director at Menlo Ventures, where he led investments in Warby Parker, Tumblr, Machine Zone, and Uber Series B Shervin Pishevar is a strategic advisor to Uber, and served as a board observer to the company from 2011 to 2015.

Shervin Pishevar was chosen by the US Government as an Outstanding American by Choice in 2012, and in 2015 he was appointed by Barack Obama to the J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Shervin Pishevar was born in Tehran, Iran, the son of Abraham Pishevar, a television and radio executive, and Eshrat Pishevar.

Abraham Shervin 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.

Shervin Pishevar became a cab driver in Silver Spring, Maryland, where he was joined by his family 18 months later.

Shervin Pishevar completed more than a year of graduate courses in health economics at the Berkeley School of Public Health.

Rather than go into a medical profession, Shervin Pishevar decided to become an entrepreneur and at 23 founded WebOS, the first company to create cross-browser windows-like interfaces for the internet, establishing the concept of a Web-based operating system.

Shervin Pishevar served as the company's CEO until 2001, when the company was dissolved.

In 2001, Shervin Pishevar co-founded and served as a director of Seges Capital, an offshoot of the Vanderbilt University Technology Company, the venture arm of Vanderbilt University's $2.5 billion endowment fund.

Also in 2001, Shervin Pishevar co-founded Ionside Interactive, and served as the company's president, director, and head of product, business development and sales.

Additionally, Shervin Pishevar co-founded Application Corporation, which created the HyperOffice messaging and groupware suite.

In 2005, Shervin Pishevar was named founding president, COO, and board member for Webs Inc.

Shervin Pishevar resigned his position at Webs to run SGN in 2008 and continued to serve on the company's board of directors until 2012.

Shervin Pishevar co-founded and served as the CEO of the Social Gaming Network which was spun out of Webs in 2008.

At the time of the acquisition, Shervin Pishevar served as an executive chairman of SGN.

In 2011, Shervin Pishevar joined Menlo Ventures, a venture capital fund with over $4 billion under management, as a managing director.

Shervin Pishevar led the fund's $26 million Series B Uber investment and became a board observer with the company in 2011.

Shervin Pishevar helped launch the Menlo Talent Fund, a $20 million seed fund which invested in more than 35 seed stage companies.

In 2013, Shervin Pishevar left his role as managing director at Menlo Ventures but remained as a venture advisor to the fund.

In October 2017, the Uber board voted to reduce the power of investors with Class B common stocks, Shervin Pishevar called the move illegal and said the move affected the shareholder rights of more than 200 Uber employees and advisors.

In 2014, Shervin Pishevar responded to Elon Musk's challenge to build a hyperloop, which Musk presented in a whitepaper titled Hyperloop Alpha.

Shervin Pishevar said he would be using the time off to investigate and pursue a legal case against the people who have instigated a smear campaign and the spreading of false allegations against his reputation.

On January 27,2011, following the Egyptian government's shutdown of the internet, Shervin Pishevar initiated the Open Mesh Project when he called for help create software that could turn laptops into low-cost Internet routers to form a 'mesh network'.

In 2016, Shervin Pishevar proposed a mobile app that could share information between police officers and citizens during traffic stops before officers approached a stopped car in order to reduce the number of police shootings, and reduce the necessity of face-to-face contact for traffic stops.

Shervin Pishevar was a top fundraiser for both of Obama's presidential campaigns.

Shervin Pishevar later clarified his position on the subject, stating that he envisioned a movement where California would exert more influence on national politics, and that he did not believe in secession.

Shervin Pishevar endorsed Donald Trump and donated to his presidential campaign in 2024.

City Police closed the investigation after a few weeks, citing a lack of evidence, Shervin Pishevar was cleared and "de-arrested" in July 2017.

Shervin Pishevar dismissed the lawsuit against Definers in February 2018, and stated that he intended to continue focusing his efforts on finding the people responsible for the forged London Police report.

Shervin Pishevar was a keynote speaker at President Obama's Summit on Entrepreneurship in Algeria, and was a member of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications policy working group that helped create the Obama Technology and Innovation Plan in 2008.

Shervin Pishevar was one of the 15 leaders in technology who met with President Obama in 2013 to address issues including unauthorized intelligence disclosures, HealthCare.

Shervin Pishevar was Entrepreneurial Ambassador on several United States Department of State delegations.

Shervin Pishevar was awarded an Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2016.

In 2017, Shervin Pishevar was named to Vanity Fair's "New Establishment" list as well as the Forbes Midas List for the fourth consecutive year.

Shervin Pishevar has two children, whom he raised as a single father.