Rahim Fazal
CEO / Cofounder
SV ACADEMY
Rahim Fazal is a founder of several software companies, including Involver, an enterprise social media platform which was acquired by Oracle and is now part of the Oracle Marketing Cloud. Post sale, Rahim spent nearly three years as the senior director working with the global field, inside sales and product development organizations.
Previously, Rahim founded a cloud productivity apps platform, which he took public on the OTCBB, and a web hosting company while in high school. Its sale (for $1.5m!) was negotiated while writing his senior year exams. Rahim didn't end up going to a four-year college, or receiving a bachelors degree.
Rahim received an Empact 100 Award at the White House from Startup America and The Kauffman Foundation. He was also named one of the Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 in America by Inc. Magazine, one of the Top 40 Under 40 by the San Francisco Business Times, and one of the Top 25 Digital Thought-Leaders by iMedia.
Rahim says "I love helping and learning from people who are charting their own course," and is an investor or advisor to a number of start-ups, early-stage venture funds, and non-profit organizations. He has been invited to speak around the world at venues including SXSW, President Obama's Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Dubai, MIT's $100K Business Plan Competition, Imperial Bank in Kenya and Startup Weekend in Egypt.