Safi Qureshey
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Safi Qureshey is a Pakistani-American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and former CEO of AST Research, Inc., a personal computer manufacturer acquired by Samsung Electronics in 1997. He is currently CEO of wireless video technology company Quartics and is involved with several start-up technology companies as an advisor, board member and seed investor. Qureshey currently serves as regent's professor at the University of California, Irvine
's Graduate School of Management
, and also actively supports U.C. Irvine's Bonney Center for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. In 2000 he created the eponymous "Safi Qureshey Foundation" to provide "a conduit of support for socially and economically underserved children and adults to build better and more secure futures".
Qureshey was named by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
to his transition team, to help him put together his new administration. Qureshey is also a former member of President Clinton
's Export Council.
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
's Graduate School of Management
Paul Merage School of Business
The Paul Merage School of Business is an academic unit of the University of California, Irvine that is charged with academic research in the field of business...
, and also actively supports U.C. Irvine's Bonney Center for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. In 2000 he created the eponymous "Safi Qureshey Foundation" to provide "a conduit of support for socially and economically underserved children and adults to build better and more secure futures".
Qureshey was named by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
to his transition team, to help him put together his new administration. Qureshey is also a former member of President Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
's Export Council.