Azita Shariati

Quick Facts

Full Name	Azita Shariati
Occupation	Businessperson
Date Of Birth	Jan 14, 1968(1968-01-14)
Age	56
Birthplace	Tehran
Country	Iran
Birth City	Tehran Province
Horoscope	Capricorn

Azita Shariati Biography

Azita Shariati is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on January 14, 1968 in Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran. Azita Shariaty Khalil Abad (born 14 January 1968) is an Swedish corporate executive from Sweden. Since 2014, she has been the head of the Swedish branch of the French catering and support multinational Sodexo which she manages in Sweden and the Nordic countries. In February the Swedish weekly business publication Veckans Affarer named her the most powerful businesswoman in Sweden.

In August of 2015, Azita Shariati was also named among the 20 most influential female entrepreneurs working in the business world across Northern Europe according to The Nordic Business Report that declared her to be “a passionate advocate of gender balance and multiculturalism”.

In 2010, when Sodexo was the Country Manager for Sweden in 2010, she introduced a program to ensure gender equality. The goal was to have 50% of the top post to be occupied by women. In the beginning, just 14% of women were employed. By 2015, women comprised 50 percent of the company’s total management, as well as 46% of the senior management. Interview with Veckans Affarer in 2015, the CEO stated that she was now focusing on other aspects of inclusion and equality and enhancing employee satisfaction in order to create Sodexo the one of Sweden’s top employers. Also, she wanted to broaden the interests of the company, possibly expanding in the amount of staff. She also saw opportunities within the company’s cleaning processes that, for instance can be combined with greater care for patients healthcare in hospitals. Another area she hoped to influence was the reduction in food waste.

Azita Shariati Net Worth

Azita Shariati is one of the richest Businessperson from Iran. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Azita Shariati 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In Iran, Shariati flew to Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1988 to see her boyfriend, Farzin Mirsaidi. She was a political refugee. The couple decided that she would stay and got married to her boyfriend (a municipal administrator from Sigtuna) and also was able to learn Swedish. She completed her studies in Food economics and business at the University of Gothenburg and took classes in leadership, statistics as well as marketing in the business school.

After her husband got an appointment at Nynashamn and the couple relocated together with their son into the Stockholm region. The year 1998 was when she made contact with Sodexo. She was initially employed as a restaurant manager who travelled around the country and was able to replace absentee managers. She quickly rose through the company’s hierarchy to become District Manager, Regional Manager sales director as well as business area manager. director for Sweden and then the acting director for Sodexo in Sweden as well as the director of administrative in Denmark.

In June 2019 she accepted the position as Group CEO of AniCura, one of Europe’s leading providers of veterinary care for companion animals. AniCura is a division of the US-based company Mars Petcare.

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Who is Azita Shariati Dating?

According to our records, Azita Shariati married to Farzin Mirsaidi. As of December 1, 2023, Azita Shariati’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Azita Ranked on the list of most popular Businessperson. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Iran. Azita Shariati celebrates birthday on January 14 of every year.