Osman Rashid

Osman Rashid
Rashid in 2019 (or earlier)
Born1970 (age 53–54)
London, UK
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
Known forSOAR, Chegg, Convo

Osman Rashid (born 1970) is a Pakistani American businessman in Silicon Valley, California. He has worked in enterprise software and consumer products.

He was co-founder and CEO of three companies, an online textbook rental and student hub Chegg, remaining involved in it until early 2010 after growing the company from its inception in 2005.[1] He was co-founder and CEO of Kno, Inc, (acquired by Intel, 2013)[2] a digital education platform company.[3] Kno has received funding from Andreessen Horowitz,[4] Intel Capital, Goldman Sachs, FLOODGATE and GSV Capital, while Chegg was funded by KPCB, IVP, Gabriel Ventures and others. He founded Galxyz Inc.,[5] in 2014, which was an educational software company focusing on creating next generation language arts and science enhancement products for primary and middle school students.[6]

Rashid is the CEO of Convo Corp,[7] an enterprise software company that focuses on in-context collaboration that is used as a conversational tool at work, and the co-founder & chairman of SOAR Education. His aim is to spread affordable STEM education in Pakistan.[8]

  1. ^ "Rosensweig to Leave Guitar Hero; Takes Over as CEO of Online Textbook Rental Start-Up Chegg". All Things D. 2010-02-02.
  2. ^ "Intel Education Welcomes Kno to the Family". CRS@Intel. 2013-11-08.
  3. ^ "The Kno, a Tablet for the College Market". New York Times. 2010-06-02.
  4. ^ "Kno Wants a Slice of Apple". Time Magazine. 2010-11-11. Archived from the original on November 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  5. ^ "Galxyz". www.galxyz.com. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  6. ^ "Chegg Co-Founder Osman Rashid Announces Galxyz, A Gaming Startup Focused On Science Education". TechCrunch. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  7. ^ "Team communication and collaboration software". www.convo.com. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  8. ^ "Speaking with Osman Rashid, Serial Entrepreneur with multiple exits in US". TechJuice. 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2020-12-14.