Amir is a serial impact entrepreneur with experience developing profitable digital businesses internationally. He is passionate about innovating and implementing scalable solutions that address systemic environmental and social problems.
He completed his Bachelor’s with Honors at Wesleyan University and created the first web portal for holistic health, webreathe.com, in NYC. He then completed his Master’s in Technology Management from MIT Sloan.
At MIT, he patented a “drive-by WiFi” technology for rural connectivity and led its deployment in India as an MIT research project. Based on this research, he spun-out First Mile Solutions (FMS) and led it to profitability, implementing wireless solutions for organizations globally. He then founded United Villages (UV), which later acquired FMS and built rural India’s first mobile-enabled supply chain, recognized by Investors’ Circle as one of the “Top 20 Most Impactful Companies.”
UV was divested to Oxigen, India’s leading payment solutions platform, with whom he partnered to found Oxigen USA, a one-stop-shop for sending instant payments, gifts, and money. He sold Oxigen USA to PrePay Nation and then led operations and product for Home Outside, an AI landscape design platform. These days, Amir is focused on empowering the next generation of impact entrepreneurs through teaching social entrepreneurship at Tufts, mentoring entrepreneurs at MIT and Harvard, and serving as an advisor and board member for impact ventures.
Amir loves permaculture, kitesurfing, yoga, dancing, and growing his own food!