Leila Janah

Quick Facts

Full Name	Leila Janah
Occupation	Founder
Date Of Birth	Oct 9, 1982(1982-10-09)
Age	42
Date Of Death	January 24, 2020, Manhattan, New York, NY
Birthplace	Lewiston
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Libra

Leila Janah Biography

Leila Janah is one of the most popular and richest Founder who was born on October 9, 1982 in Lewiston, New York, United States.

Leila Janah (October 9, 1982 – January 24, 2020) was an American businesswoman. She was the founder and CEO of Samasource and LXMI, two companies which share a common social mission to end global poverty by giving work to people in need. Samasource’s 11,000 employees have worked under contracts with companies including Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Walmart, Getty Images, Glassdoor and Vulcan Capital.

Janah attended Harvard University, graduating in 2005 with a degree in African Development Studies. While at Harvard, Janah conducted fieldwork in Mozambique, Senegal and Rwanda and was a consultant for and author of papers for the World Bank’s Development Research Group and Ashoka on social and economic rights.

Leila Janah Net Worth

Leila Janah is one of the richest Founder from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Leila Janah 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Janah was born on October 9, 1982 in Lewiston, New York, near Niagara Falls, and grew up in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. She was the daughter of Indian immigrants, who came to the United States with nothing. Janah described her childhood as being difficult, often due to a lack of financial security. As a teenager, Janah worked many jobs, including babysitting and tutoring. She attended the California Academy of Mathematics and Science. She won a scholarship at 17 through American Field Services, and convinced them to let her spend it teaching in Ghana where she spent 6 months during her senior year of high school. In Ghana, Janah taught English to young students in the village of Akuapem, many of whom were blind. Janah has cited this early experience as sparking her passion for working in Africa, and she continued to visit the continent during her time in college.

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Who is Leila Janah Dating?

According to our records, Leila Janah married to Tassilo Festetics. As of December 1, 2023, Leila Janah’s is not dating anyone.

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Janah was a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a Director of CARE USA, a 2012 TechFellow, recipient of the inaugural Club de Madrid Young Leadership Award, and the youngest person to win a Heinz Award in 2014 when she received the 19th Annual Heinz Award in Technology, the Economy and Employment. She also received the Secretary’s Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls from Hillary Clinton in 2012, and was a former Visiting Scholar at the Stanford University Program on Global Justice and Australian National University’s Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. She was a recipient of the Rainer Arnhold and TEDIndia Fellowships, and served on the San Francisco board of TechSoup Global and the Social Enterprise Institute.

Facts & Trivia

Lewis Ranked on the list of most popular Founder. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Leila Janah celebrates birthday on October 9 of every year.

In 2013, Janah founded Samaschool (previously SamaUSA), a program that moves people out of poverty by providing digital skills training and a connection to internet-based jobs that pay a living wage. Samaschool runs in-person programs in Arkansas, California, New York and Kenya, and also provides online classes that are available internationally. Samaschool courses train students in digital literacy, workforce readiness and portfolio building.

How Leila Janah died?

Cancer

When was Leila Janah diagnosed with cancer?

Social entrepreneur Leila Janah died on Thursday from complications of Epithelioid Sarcoma, a very rare cancer with which she was diagnosed in April 2019.

Who is Leila Janah husband?

Tassilo Festetics

Is Leila Janah alive?

January 24, 2020

Who has died of sarcoma?

Entrepreneur Leila Janah died from complications of epithelioid sarcoma. Here’s what that is. Leila Janah was 37. (CNN) Leila Janah, a fierce entrepreneur who worked to help those living below the poverty line, died in January from complications of epithelioid sarcoma — a form of cancer.