Hamid Akhavan - CEO - EchoStar Capital @ EchoStar

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Overview

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

CB Rank (Investor)

123,536

Primary Job Title CEO - EchoStar Capital
Primary Organization
EchoStar

Location New York, New York, United States
Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US
Gender Male

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Hamid Akhavan is based out of New York, New York, and is the CEO-EchoStar Capital of EchoStar. Hamid previously worked at EchoStar as the CEO and President. Hamid Akhavan attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Hamid Akhavan

has

current jobs as

CEO - EchoStar Capital

EchoStar

and

President and CEO

Dish Network

. Additionally,

Hamid Akhavan

has had

past jobs including

CEO and President

EchoStar

EchoStar CEO - EchoStar CapitalNov 2025
Dish Network President and CEONov 2023

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
EchoStar	CEO and President	Apr 2022	Nov 2025
Unify	CEO	2010	2014
Deutsche Telekom	Chief Operating Officer	2006	2010
Teligent Telecom	CTO	2001	2006

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Hamid Akhavan

is the

Advisor

YouRoam

YouRoam AdvisorFeb 6, 2015

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Long Arc Capital	Advisory Partner	2016	2019
Deutsche Telekom	Board member for T-Mobile, Product Development, Technology and IT	—	Feb 2010

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Education

Hamid Akhavan

studied at

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

and

Caltech

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Master's DegreeElectrical Engineering and Computer Science1990
Caltech Bachelor's DegreeElectrical Engineering1988