Kiyan Foroughi

Kiyan Foroughi is the CEO and co-founder of Boticca, the world’s luxury bazaar of fashion accessories. The site offers customers exquisite accessories made by emerging designers and undiscovered brands hand-selected by a globe-trotting team of stylehunters. He is the third generation in his family to work in the luxury and jewelry industry after starting his career in investment banking and private equity. He is also an active angel investor and advisor in such companies as Boppl, PayPlug, Watsi, Fotolia and AVG Technologies. Kiyan has a BA in Economics from Tufts University in Boston. He grew up between Paris and Dubai and has lived in Boston, New York and London. Kiyan speaks fluent French, English, Farsi and Italian. He is currently learning Japanese. He blogs about fashion, travel and entrepreneurship for the Huffington Post.