Soulaima Gourani
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Soulaima Gourani (born 1975) is a Danish Moroccan CEO, corporate advisor and writer who lives in Palo Alto, California.
Soulaima was born in Safi, Morocco, in 1975 but moved to Denmark shortly after with her parents.[1] Gourani grew up in different small towns in Jutland, where she struggled to fit in as she was the only one with an exotic name and a darker skin color.[1] She was told by her teachers that she shouldn't expect to achieve much in life because of her gender, skin colour, and name.[1] She decided to move out at the age of 13.[1]
She has continued educating herself by completing several courses at international universities, including: The Global Leadership and Public Policy in the 21st Century at Harvard University (2014), Innovations and Lessons from Emerging Markets, A South Asia Perspective at the Indian School of Business (ISB).[2][3][4] Later she chose to take an MBA at Copenhagen Business School.[5]
