The Richest Persian Women in 2015

This glamorous 34-year-old tech guru and CEO represents the ultimate success story to us. Despite the fact that Shahrzad Rafati arrived in Vancouver from Tehran, Iran as a teen with limited English skills, she quickly mastered computer science and fell in love with the tech industry. She said that she started her company in 2005, right after graduating from University of British Columbia with a Bachelors of Computer Science. BroadbandTV now has a staff of 74 employees, and superstar Rafati is the perfect example of an inspiring rags-to-riches tal