Bobby Hashemi is a British businessman, and is an investor at Union Ventures, a private investment vehicle founded in 2012 by him. In 1995, he co-founded theCoffee Republic (a coffee shop chain) with his sisterSahar Hashemi.
Bobby Hashemi has an MBA fromAmos Tuck School of Business Administration, atDartmouth College, United States and a BSc in Computer Engineering fromSyracuse University, US.[citation needed]
Hashemi started his career as an investment banker in mergers and acquisitions atLehman Brothers Investment Bank in New York City.[citation needed]
Hashemi founded the Coffee Republic chain with his sister Sahar[1] serving as CEO and then executive chairman.[2]
The business was founded in late 1995, floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1997, raised £20 million equity over the following 3 years, and by 2001 he exited the business. Then two years later, he re-joined the business from 2003 to 2006 to lead a turnaround of the business and develop the Coffee Republic deli concept.[3]
From 2007 to 2012, Hashemi was a partner and shareholder atRisk Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm with a £75 million fund investing in growth companies across the UK, where he participated in originating, appraising, executing, and monitoring deals across the consumer sector.[4]
With his sister,Sahar Hashemi, he co-authoredAnyone Can Do It, a business book about the high street coffee chain Coffee Republic.[citation needed]
Hashemi has spoken about entrepreneurship, building a business, fundraising, private equity investing and the consumer and leisure sectors, and has presented to a variety of audiences and at a number of national events includingImperial College,[5]Barclays Bank,Visa Card,Institute of Directors, Fast Track,Talk Radio, British Franchise Association,London Business School,Robert Gordon University and En Passant Magazine.[6]
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