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词条 Ruzwana Bashir
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  1. Education

  2. Business career

  3. Oxford career

  4. Personal life

  5. References

  6. External links

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Ruzwana Bashir (born 28 July 1983) is a British entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Peek.com, a travel company based in San Francisco, California. She has been selected for Vanity Fair{{’}}s Next Establishment,[1]{{when?|date=January 2019}} Forbes 30 Under 30 list on Technology[2]{{when?|date=January 2019}} and Fast Company{{’}}s 100 Most Creative People.[3]{{when?|date=January 2019}}

Education

Bashir was born in Skipton and attended Skipton Girls' High School in North Yorkshire.[4] She then went to Oxford University, where she became President of the Oxford Union.[5][5][6]

After Oxford University, Bashir was a Fulbright Scholar at the Harvard Business School where she obtained an MBA.[7][8]

Business career

Bashir worked in private equity at the Blackstone Group and in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in London. She then worked at Gilt Groupe, and was part of the founding team at Art.sy in New York.[9][10]

In 2012, Bashir founded Peek, a marketplace for travelers and locals to book activities in holiday destinations.[11] Peek, where Bashir is CEO, has received financing by investors including Eric Schmidt, Jack Dorsey, and David Bonderman.[12] Bashir met Peek’s co-founder and chief technology officer, Oskar Bruening, in New York and by the end of the day they decided to start a company together.[13] In November 2013, Bashir announced that Peek developed Peek Pro, a suite of backend tools to help tour operators run their businesses,[14] and in December 2013, Peek launched a mobile app version of its site.[15]

In 2014, Peek announced that it had raised $5 million in new funding.[16]

Since founding Peek.com, Bashir has been cited as one of the most powerful women in technology alongside Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer.[17] In 2014, she was named one of the Most Promising Women Entrepreneurs by Fortune,[18] one of the Most Influential Women in Business by the San Francisco Business Times[19] and one of Glamour{{’}}s "35 Under 35 Who Are Changing the Tech Industry."[20] That same year, Peek was named one of the Top 50 Websites of 2014 by Time[21] and one of the World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Travel by Fast Company.[22]

Oxford career

Bashir attended New College at Oxford University to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics.[5][6]

Bashir was elected as President of the university's Oxford Union debating society.[4][23][28] During her tenure as President, Bashir's guest speakers included Senator John McCain, Michael Heseltine, Norman Lamont, Kenneth Clarke, John Redwood, David Trimble, Tom Ford, Hans Blix, and José María Aznar.[24] In 2004, Bashir met Boris Johnson (himself a former President of the Union),[25] and in October Johnson visited Oxford to speak at a debate entitled "This House has No Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government."

Bashir was elected in March 2004, beating James Forsyth. She faced a tribunal, accused of irregular canvassing, in the shape of courting votes in her college on polling day.[6][23][26] Friends of Bashir commented that the opposition to her was really "because of the colour of her skin and because she is a Muslim".[27] The tribunal found Forsyth guilty of electoral malpractice.[6][23] The Guardian commented that "Frivolous complaints have become the raison d'être of the Oxford Union",[26] and subsequently the electoral rules of the Union were changed, so that others would not fall foul of the same problem.[26]

Personal life

Bashir was reported in 2009 to be dating actor Toby Kebbell. Bashir and Kebbell met at a Christmas party.[28] They were pictured together in the Daily Mirror[29] and in February 2009 attended the 62nd British Academy Film Awards event together.[30]

On 29 August 2014, Bashir wrote an article in The Guardian[31] in which she told her story as a survivor of sexual abuse. Bashir’s article was published in light of the 2014 investigations into the sexual abuse of 1,400 children in Rotherham, England between 1997 and 2013.[32] Bashir cited the underreporting of abuse in the British-Pakistani community and the taboos around shame that perpetuates it. She calls upon the communities to give victims the support they need to come forward and bring the perpetrators to justice.[33]

References

1. ^{{cite web|last1=Chafkin|first1=Max|title=The Next Establishment|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2013/11/next-establishment-fifteen-up-and-comers|website=Vanity Fair|accessdate=28 August 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818183751/http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2013/11/next-establishment-fifteen-up-and-comers|archivedate=18 August 2014|df=dmy-all}}
2. ^{{cite news|last=Barret|first=Victoria|title=Forbes 30 Under 30 in Tech|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/lmf45fdij/ruzwana-bashir/|accessdate=22 January 2013|newspaper=Forbes|date=17 December 2012}}
3. ^{{cite news|last1=Chafkin|first1=Max|title=Most Creative People|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3009202/most-creative-people-2013/96-ruzwana-bashir|accessdate=28 August 2014}}
4. ^1 Obscure law costs Ruzwana top post, from the Telegraph & Argus, first published 27 January 2004, at thisisbradford.co.uk {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220175923/http://archive.thisisbradford.co.uk/2004/1/27/103684.html |date=20 February 2010 }}
5. ^1 2 Ihsan Islam, HISTORY MAN: Abandoning Cambridge for Oxford' in Daily Times of Pakistan, 15 October 2004, online
6. ^1 2 3 Stewart Payne, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1456622/Asian-woman-picked-to-lead-Oxford-Union.html Asian woman picked to lead Oxford Union], dated 12 March 2004 at telegraph.co.uk/
7. ^Ruzwana Bashir at fulbright.co.uk, accessed 1 April 2011 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317001535/http://www.fulbright.co.uk/about-fulbright/who-we-are/past-fulbrighters-case-studies/ruzwana-bashir |date=17 March 2011 }}
8. ^More Fulbright Awards for 2009/10 at fulbright.co.uk
9. ^London Student Housing Conference {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422032518/http://housing.london.ac.uk/cms/housing-events/london-student-housing-conference.html |date=22 April 2009 }} at london.ac.uk
10. ^Gianluca Longo, 'The newboy', in Evening Standard (London), 6 February 2009, p. 28
11. ^{{cite news|last=Graham|first=Jefferson|title=Start-up travel site offers a Peek at hidden gems|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/talkingtech/2012/12/20/peek-offers-travel-advice-and-tips/1782251/|accessdate=24 January 2013|newspaper=USA Today|date=20 December 2012}}
12. ^{{cite news|last=Swartz|first=Jon|title=New travel site Peek backed by Dorsey, Schmidt|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2012/10/11/peek-bashir-travel-site/1627021/|publisher=www.usatoday.com|accessdate=9 April 2013|date=11 October 2012}}
13. ^{{cite web|last1=Bashir|first1=Ruzwana|title=ENTER THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP: MEMENTOS OF MUSEUM-GOING|url=http://www.style.com/stylemap/2013/08/02/ruzwana-bashir-mementos-of-museum-going/|website=www.style.com|publisher=Style|accessdate=3 September 2014}}
14. ^{{cite web|title=Speakers|url=http://phocuswrightconference.com/speakers/1226|website=www.phocuswrightconference.com|publisher=PhoCusWright|accessdate=3 September 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904143211/http://phocuswrightconference.com/speakers/1226|archivedate=4 September 2014|df=dmy-all}}
15. ^{{cite web| last = Lawler| first = Ryan| title = Travel Site Peek Goes Mobile, Launches An iOS App For Booking Aspirational Experiences On The Go| url = https://techcrunch.com/2013/12/12/peek-ios-app/| date = 2013-12-12| accessdate = 2014-09-20}}
16. ^{{cite web| last = De La Merced| first = Michael J.| title = Peek.com Raises $5 Million in New Financing| url = https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/peek-raises-5-million-in-new-round-of-financing/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1| date = 3 May 2014| accessdate = 2014-09-20}}
17. ^{{cite web|title=Most Powerful Women in Tech|url=http://www.elizabethstreet.com/living/most-powerful-women-technology-Sheryl-Sandberg-Ginny-Rometty-Marissa-Mayer-Susan-Wojcicki|publisher=www.elizabethstreet.com|accessdate=9 April 2013}}
18. ^{{cite web| last = Leahey| first = Colleen| title = Winners of the 2014 Fortune Most Promising Entrepreneurs contest| url = http://fortune.com/2014/09/04/2014-fortune-most-promising-entrepreneurs-contest/| date = 9 April 2014| accessdate = 2014-09-20}}
19. ^{{cite web|title=2014 Influential Women|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/special/2014/InfluentialWomen|website=San Francisco Business Times}}
20. ^{{cite web| last = Fenn| first = Donna| title = 35 Women Under 35 Who Are Changing the Tech Industry| url = http://www.glamour.com/inspired/2014/09/top-new-women-leaders-in-technology/1| date = 10 January 2014| accessdate = 10 June 2014}}
21. ^{{cite web| last = Aamoth| first = Doug | last2 = Newman| first2 = Jared | title = 50 Best Websites 2014| url = http://time.com/3054279/50-best-websites-2014/ | date =8 January 2014| accessdate = 10 January 2014}}
22. ^{{cite web| title = The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Travel| url = http://www.fastcompany.com/3026370/most-innovative-companies-2014/the-worlds-top-10-most-innovative-companies-in-travel | date = 8 January 2014| accessdate = 10 January 2014}}
23. ^1 2 Toby Moore, Racism? No, just brutal politics, article dated 12 March 2004 at timesonline.co.uk
24. ^Suzy Menkes, [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/15/style/15iht-fford.html/ Tom Ford works his charm on students at Oxford Union] in The New York Times dated 16 November 2004, online
25. ^Tim Shipman, [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/secrets-of-the-boris-johnson-dossier-sex-drugs-and-europe-p8w3rpw66 "Secrets of the Boris Johnson Dossier"], The Sunday Times, dated 9 September 2018
26. ^1 2 3 '[https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/mar/11/students.uk What the toffs did next]' in The Guardian, 11 March 2004, online
27. ^'LA DONNA DELL'ANNO' at minervaonline.it (in Italian) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822050025/http://www.minervaonline.it/concorso_donna_maggio.htm |date=22 August 2007 }}
28. ^Marianne Macdonald, Toby Kebbell: the new boy {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323072800/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/es-magazine-fashion/article-23635239-details/Toby+Kebbell:+the+new+boy/article.do |date=23 March 2009 }} dated 9 February 2009 at thisislondon.co.uk
29. ^[https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/pictures/2009/02/08/bafta-dresses-115875-21108327/ Bafta Dresses] at mirror.co.uk 8 February 2009
30. ^Toby Kebbell and Ruzwana Bashir at exposay.com
31. ^{{cite web| last = Bashir| first = Ruzwana| title = The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim| url = https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/29/-sp-untold-story-culture-of-shame-ruzwana-bashir| accessdate = 9 May 2014}}
32. ^{{cite web| last = Smith| first = Lydia| title = Rotherham Child Sex Abuse: Only One South Yorkshire Police Grooming Investigation Led to Convictions| url = http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/rotherham-child-sex-abuse-only-one-south-yorkshire-police-grooming-investigation-led-convictions-1462693| accessdate = 9 May 2014}}
33. ^{{cite web| title = Ruzwana Bashir: 'Not victims, they're survivors'| url = http://www.channel4.com/news/ruzwana-bashir-theyre-not-victims-theyre-survivors| accessdate = 9 May 2014}}

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