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World Healthcare Women Contest

FARZAM KAMALABADI

Growing up in the northern territory of Iran, between the mountain and the Caspian Sea, Farzam’s earliest teachers were the trials of nature and the way the seasons changed.In 1978, Farzam moved to Boston and in 1979,He saw the first ‘boat people’ arrive in America – Southeast Asian refugees, Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Laotians. An immigrant himself, he forewent the crisis that comes with that enforced identity and instead found the courage to become a support for the refugee community and a leader indeed.His first formal job was in the Baybank Harvard Trust, for He had such a strong community system and network that the banks said, oh my god, we need these clients. He had a strong network comprising 2000-3000 people from the Chinese community in Boston. So, He became the Iranian in America in Baybank Harvard Trust at Harvard Square in charge of the Chinese students and scholars.”For the first 25 years, Farzam hustled and broke sweat, consulting, brokering, and taking on ad-hoc transactions to prove his mettle. Now, as the pace slows but the dreams burgeon bigger than ever before, he is focused on building institutions. “Somewhere in the last five years, He has upgraded to a series of part-ownership model level. And now, They are on the verge of upgrading one more layer so that He can monetize the ‘Future Trends’ ecosystem itself, on digital economy, and blockchain exchanges.