Zia Chishti
Pakistani–American investor and business executive / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Muhammad Ziaullah Khan Chishti (born 1971) is a Pakistani-American investor and business executive. He is the founder of Afiniti and TRG Global.[1][2][3]
Zia Chishti | |
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Born | Wilson Lear 1971 (age 52–53) |
Alma mater | Lahore American School Columbia University Stanford University |
Occupation | Business executive |
Known for | Orthoclear, Afiniti |
Spouse |
Sarah Pobereskin (m. 2020) |
Partner | Tatiana Spottiswoode (c. 2017) |
Awards | Sitara-e-Imtiaz for IT (2018) |
After starting his career as a Morgan Stanley investment banker, Chishti invented the medical device Invisalign and co-founded Align Technology to market the product[4] in 1997.[5] He was CEO of Align until 2003, when he founded the investment fund The Resource Group.[6] In 2005 he co-founded both Orthoclear[5] and Afiniti, the latter of which develops artificial intelligence for use in customer call centers.[7] Chishti was a named inventor on around 150 issued patents by 2018,[citation needed] and had co-founded three unicorn startup companies.[8] In 2021, he resigned after accusations of sexual harassment and violence in his career were made public.