Arash Aazami
Arash Aazami (1977, half Dutch, half Persian, grew up in Niger) is an entrepreneur, system innovator and free thinker. He studied jazz and rock guitar at conservatory and worked as a musician, and then founded, failed and succeeded at multiple startups in IT before he found his calling in the energy sector in 2006. He became director of an energy supplier, developed radically different business models and founded the world’s first “energy independence company” in 2010, which earned more as it sold less energy. He gained international attention when his work was awarded by MIT in 2014. In 2015 Arash founded Kamangir. His team of scientists, philosophers and creatives design the foundation for our future energy system, developing long-term visions, strategies and disruptive innovations for generations to come. His credo: Dream. Develop. Do.