Ruzwana Bashir

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ruzwana Bashir (May 2014)

Ruzwana Bashir (born July 28, 1983 ) is a British entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Peek.com, a travel company based in San Francisco , California. She was selected for Vanity Fairs "List of the New Elite", Forbes' "30 Under 30" in the field of technology and Fast Companys "100 Most Creative People".

education

Bashir was born in Skipton and went to Skipton Girls' High School in North Yorkshire . She graduated from Oxford University ; there she also became president of the Oxford Union, a student association.

After graduating from Oxford University, Bashir received a Fulbright Scholarship from Harvard Business School , where she completed her MBA .

Career

At the beginning of her career, Bashir worked in the private equity sector in the Blackstone Group and in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in London. She then worked at Gilt Groupe, an online shopping company, and joined the founding team of Art.sy in New York.

In 2012, Bashir founded Peek.com, a platform for travelers and locals to share activities in various vacation destinations. Bashir is still CEO at Peek, she has received investments from Eric Schmidt , Jack Dorsey , and David Bonderman, among others . She met Peek's co-founder and CTO, Oskar Bruening, in New York. The decision to start a company together was made at the end of the day of their first meeting. In November 2013, Bashir announced Peek Pro, a suite of applications to assist tour operators. The following month, Peek launched a mobile version of their website.

In 2014, the company Peek announced another successful financing round, in which 5 million dollars were collected. Since founding Peek.com, Bashir has been one of the most influential women in technology alongside Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer . In 2014 she was named one of Fortune's “Most Promising Women Entrepreneurs” and one of the most influential by the San Francisco Business Times Entrepreneurs. In addition, Glamor was one of the "35 Under 35 Who Are Changing the Tech Industry". That same year, Peek was named to Time 's top 50 list of websites . Fast Company also voted Peek one of the world's most innovative companies in the travel industry.

Student engagement

Bashir was part of New College at Oxford University where she studied philosophy , politics and economics .

Bashir was elected President of the Oxford Union Debating Club while at Oxford. During her tenure as president, she invited a wide variety of famous people, the list includes Senator John McCain , Michael Heseltine , Norman Lamont , Kenneth Clarke , John Redwood , David Trimble , Tom Ford , Hans Blix, and José María Aznar . In 2004, Bashir met Boris Johnson (himself a former President of the Oxford Union). The following October Johnson was part of the debate entitled "This House has No Confidence in Her Majesty's Government."

In the March 2004 election, Bashir prevailed against James Forsyth. Following the election, she faced allegations of campaigning for votes on the day of the election. In a statement from friends of Bashir, they said that the resistance to their election was solely due to their skin color and their affiliation as a Muslim . In return, the arbitral tribunal that was set up found Forsyth guilty of having acted abusively in the context of the election. The Guardian reported that as a result of this incident, the student union's rules were changed to avoid similar incidents in the future.

Private life

Since 2009, Bashir has been suspected of having a relationship with British actor Toby Kebbell . It is said that they first met at a Christmas party. In February 2009 they attended the 62nd British Academy Film Awards together .

On August 29, 2014, Bashir published an article in the Guardian describing her experiences as a victim of sexual abuse. The article, at the time of publication, was linked to the investigation into the abuse of 1,400 children in Rotherham, England. The abuse cases occurred between 1997 and 2013. Bashir denounced the lack of awareness of abuse in the British-Pakistani community and associated taboos. She urged communities to provide the victims with the support they need and to hold the perpetrators accountable.

Web links

Commons : Ruzwana Bashir  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Max Chafkin: The Next Establishment . Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  2. ↑ Victoria Barret: Forbes 30 Under 30 in Tech . In: Forbes , December 17, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2013. 
  3. ↑ Max Chafkin: Most Creative People . Retrieved August 28, 2014. 
  4. ↑ Obscure law costs Ruzwana top post , from the Telegraph & Argus , first published on 27 January 2004, on thisisbradford.co.uk
  5. ↑ James Tapper, Keith Beabey, Will this Asian girl be the next Maggie? in The Mail on Sunday of March 14, 2004
  6. ^ Ihsan Islam, HISTORY MAN: Abandoning Cambridge for Oxford 'in Daily Times of Pakistan, October 15, 2004, online
  7. ↑ Stewart Payne, Asian woman picked to lead Oxford Union , March 12, 2004 on telegraph.co.uk
  8. ↑ Ruzwana Bashir at fulbright.co.uk called 1 April 2011
  9. ↑ More Fulbright Awards for 2009/10 at fulbright.co.uk
  10. ^ London Student Housing Conference - london.ac.uk
  11. ^ Gianluca Longo, 'The newboy', published in the Evening Standard (London), Feb. 6, 2009, p. 28.
  12. ↑ Jefferson Graham: Start-up travel site offers a peek at hidden gems . In: USA Today , December 20, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2013. 
  13. ^ Jon Swartz: New travel site Peek backed by Dorsey, Schmidt , www.usatoday.com. October 11, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2013. 
  14. ↑ Ruzwana Bashir: ENTER THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP: MEMENTOS OF MUSEUM-GOING . Style. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  15. ↑ Speakers . PhoCusWright. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  16. ↑ Ryan Lawler: Travel Site Peek Goes Mobile, Launches An iOS App For Booking Aspirational Experiences On The Go . December 12, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  17. ↑ Michael J. De La Merced: Peek.com Raises $ 5 Million in New Financing . May 3, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  18. ↑ Most Powerful Women in Tech . www.elizabethstreet.com. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  19. ↑ Colleen Leahey: Winners of the 2014 Fortune Most Promising Entrepreneurs contest . April 9, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  20. ↑ 2014 Influential Women .
  21. ↑ Donna Fenn: 35 Women Under 35 Who Are Changing the Tech Industry . January 10, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  22. ↑ Doug Aamoth, Jared Newman: 50 Best Websites 2014 . January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  23. ↑ The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Travel . January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  24. ↑ Richard Kay, Coup what a scorcher! , Article dated January 14, 2004 on dailymail.co.uk
  25. ^ Toby Moore, Racism? No, just brutal politics , March 12, 2004 article on timesonline.co.uk
  26. ↑ Suzy Menkes, Tom Ford works his charm on students at Oxford Union , published in the New York Times on November 16, 2004, available online
  27. ↑ Katie Nicholl, 'Boris's Union with His Pal From Oxford' in Mail on Sunday, August 29, 2004
  28. ↑ Did Oxford girl turn Boris's head? in Daily Mail on October 17, 2004
  29. ↑ ' What the Toffs did next ' in The Guardian , March 11, 2004 online
  30. ↑ LA DONNA DELL'ANNO , minervaonline.it (Italian)
  31. ^ Marianne Macdonald, Toby Kebbell: the new boy, February 9, 2009 on thisislondon.co.uk
  32. ↑ Toby Kebbell and Ruzwana Bashir on exposay.com
  33. ↑ Ruzwana Bashir: The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim . Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  34. ^ Lydia Smith: Rotherham Child Sex Abuse: Only One South Yorkshire Police Grooming Investigation Led to Convictions . Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  35. ↑ Ruzwana Bashir: 'Not victims, they're survivors' . Retrieved May 9, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Bashir, Ruzwana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British businesswoman
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1983