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Shahrzad Rafati

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Iranian Canadian entrepreneur
Shahrzad Rafati
Rafati in 2019
Born1979 (age 45–46)
Tehran, Iran
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia (BSc)
Occupation(s)Chairperson & CEO, RHEI

Shahrzad Rafati is anIranian-Canadian[1]chairwoman and CEO of RHEI, formerly BBTV, – a global tech company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, which develops AI solutions for content creators and media companies, including its "emotionally intelligent" Made platform, and data licensing solution, RHEI Data Pro.[2][3][4][5]

Early life

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Rafati was born 1979 inTehran, Iran and immigrated toVancouver, British Columbia, Canada as a teenager.[6] In 2005, she completed herBSc in computer science at theUniversity of British Columbia.[7] Rafati also studied French atUniversité Paris Sorbonne (Paris IV),[8] and is a graduate of theYoung Global Leaders Oxford Module: Transformational Leadership atSaïd Business School,University of Oxford.[9] Shahrzad also received her Honorary Doctorate from University Canada West in 2020.[10]

Career

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Rafati andJustin Trudeau at Collision conference inToronto in 2019
Rafati at CES 2025

Separate from her role as a CEO of RHEI, Rafati is also a board member forBjarke Ingels Group, an architecture firm, and was named Vice Chair of the board forInvest in Canada in 2019.[11] She has been a board member of the Vancouver Economic Commission,[12] and the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs.[13]

In September 2018, it was announced that Shahrzad was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to represent Canada on the Business Women Leaders task force, which was formed to advise global leaders on issues of women's economic empowerment as part of the G20 Summit.[14] She was later appointed as Canada's representative for G20 EMPOWER, a private sector alliance with the goal of advancing women's representation at leadership levels in the private sector.[15] In 2019 she was also appointed as the Vice Chair of Invest in Canada, a federal agency that aims to create jobs in Canada by facilitating foreign business investment by highlighting Canada's talent pool, economic growth across multiple industries, and geographic advantage as a hub for global trade.[16] In January 2025, Rafati was also appointed by the Prime Minister to the Council on US-Canada Relations.[17]

Awards

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  • 2020: CanadianSME Magazine, Business Woman of the Year[18]
  • 2019: AdAge Creativity Awards, Visionary/Founder of The Year[19]
  • 2018: Ernst & Young, Entrepreneur of the Year, Pacific, Technology Category[20]
  • 2018: Canadian Innovation Awards Winner - Entrepreneur[21]
  • 2017: Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner - Hall of Fame[22]
  • 2017: Canada's Top 40 under 40[23]
  • 2016: Hollywood Reporter's 20 Most Powerful Women in Global Television,[24] Person of the Year by BC Technology Association,[25]TheWrap's Innovator List[26]
  • 2015: Variety's Power of Women list,[27]
  • 2014:Digital Life Design (DLD), Munich, Germany, panelist: Digital Storytelling: Surfing the Video Explosion (January 2014)[28]
  • 2013: Digi Awards, Executive of The Year (December 2013)[29]
  • 2013: Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100™ Award Winner in the Sun Life Financial Arts & Communications category (December 2013)[30]
  • 2013:Ernst & Young, Pacific Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year (October 2013)[31]
  • 2013:Business In Vancouver, CEO of The Year (October 2013)[32]
  • 2012: 40 Under 40 Business in Vancouver (December 2012)[33]
  • 2011:Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business (2011)[34]

References

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  1. ^"From war zone to boardroom: The improbable rise of BroadbandTV's Shahrzad Rafati".Digiday. 2015-05-26.Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved2020-01-15.
  2. ^"RHEI introduces Made, a set of AI agents it says will "unlock creativity" by assisting creators with making content".Tubefilter. 2025-02-19. Retrieved2025-05-13.
  3. ^"AI companies want digital content to train their models. RHEI's new platform lets creators license it to them".Tubefilter. 2025-01-09. Retrieved2025-05-13.
  4. ^"BroadbandTV helps companies leverage YouTube branding potential"Archived 2015-09-29 at theWayback MachineVancouver Sun
  5. ^Mckenzie, Kevin Hinton & Ryan (20 March 2018)."BCBusiness".BCBusiness.Archived from the original on 2019-11-15. Retrieved2019-11-15.
  6. ^Blattberg, Eric."From war zone to boardroom: The improbable rise of BroadbandTV's Shahrzad Rafati,"Archived 2015-08-01 at theWayback MachineDigiday
  7. ^"CS Alumna Turned Pirate into Profit | Computer Science at UBC". Cs.ubc.ca.Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved2012-08-05.
  8. ^Rickwood, Lee."Man or Woman, Tech Offers Opportunity for All, Says Canada’s Top Digi CEO"Archived 2016-03-05 at theWayback MachineDiversity Now
  9. ^"Shahrzad Rafati".World Economic Forum.Archived from the original on 2021-09-27. Retrieved2020-01-16.
  10. ^"BroadbandTV CEO Shahrzad Rafati receives UCW honorary doctorate".ucanwest.ca.Archived from the original on 2021-04-12. Retrieved2021-04-01.
  11. ^"Minister Carr announces new Vice Chair and Director to the board of Invest in Canada". Global Affairs Canada, Government of Canada. 17 May 2019. Retrieved9 April 2023.
  12. ^"Shahrzad Rafati".World Economic Forum.Archived from the original on 2021-09-27. Retrieved2020-01-16.
  13. ^"2016 Annual Award Winners".Women in Communications and Technology. 2017-03-10.Archived from the original on 2020-09-25. Retrieved2020-01-16.
  14. ^Weiss, Geoff."Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Taps BBTV Founder Shahrzad Rafati For Women’s Economic Initiative"Archived 2018-10-04 at theWayback MachineTubefilter
  15. ^OECD."Policies and Practices to Promote Women in Leadership Roles in the Private Sector Report prepared by the OECD for the G20 EMPOWER Alliance"Archived 2021-04-19 at theWayback Machine
  16. ^"BBTV Founder Shahrzad Rafati Named Vice Chair Of Canadian Federal Investment Agency".Tubefilter. 2019-05-20.Archived from the original on 2020-03-06. Retrieved2020-01-15.
  17. ^"Trudeau's tariff team taps Canadian tech to get tough on Trump".Betakit. 2025-01-16. Retrieved2025-05-13.
  18. ^"Shahrzad Rafati, Founder & CEO, BroadbandTV Corp. Named CanadianSME Magazine's Business Woman of the Year".Cantech Letter. Retrieved2020-01-29.
  19. ^"Creativity Award 2019 Visionary/Founder of the Year: Shahrzad Rafati, BroadbandTV".adage.com. 2019-04-15. Retrieved2019-11-15.
  20. ^Unknown."Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018: Technology"BC Business
  21. ^Greenwood, Max."Announcing the Winners of the Seventh Annual Canadian Innovation Awards"Techvibes
  22. ^Unknown."The B.C. achievers on WXN's 2017 Top 100 list of Canada's Most Powerful Women"BC Business
  23. ^Unknown."2017 – Canada’s Top 40 Under 40"Canada’s Top 40 Under 40
  24. ^Roxborough, Scott."The 20 Most Powerful Women in Global Television 2016"Hollywood Reporter
  25. ^Unknown."BroadbandTV’s Shahrzad Rafati Named Person of the Year by the BCTIA"BC Technology
  26. ^Schwindt, Oriana."TheWrap’s 2016 Innovators List: 11 Change Agents Who Are Disrupting Hollywood"The Wrap
  27. ^Unknown."Women’s Impact Report 2015"Variety
  28. ^Digital Life Design."Digital Storytelling: Surfing the Video Explosion"DLD Conference
  29. ^Thomas, Knowlton."BroadbandTV's Shahrzad Rafati Named Executive of the Year at 2013 Digi Awards"Tech Vibes
  30. ^Crawford, Emma."B.C. home to 19 of country’s top 100 most powerful women"Business in Vancouver
  31. ^Techvibes NewsDesk."EY Names 2013 Pacific Entrepreneur of the Year Winners"Tech Vibes
  32. ^"BIV unveils 2013 BC CEO of the Year winners"Business in Vancouver
  33. ^"https://www.biv.com/article/2012/12/biv-announces-fresh-crop-of-forty-under-40-winners/"Business in Vancouver
  34. ^"MOST CREATIVE PEOPLE 2011 37. SHAHRZAD RAFATI"Fast Company

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