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Amir Ansari is co-founder of venture captial firm Prodea . Along with his sister-in-law Anousheh Ansari, he made a multi-million contribution to the X-Prize foundation on May 5, 2004, the 43rd anniversary of Alan Shepard's sub-orbital spaceflight. The X-Prize was officially renamed the Ansari X Prize in honor of their donation.

Born in 1970 in Tehran, Iran, Ansari immigrated to the United States in 1979 at the onset of the Islamic Revolution. He received his bachelor's of science in electrical engineering and computer science at George Mason University.

Amir, along with his brother Hamid and sister-in-law Anousheh, founded telecom technolgies inc. (TTI) in 1993, and served as the company's CTO. TTI was acquired by Sonus Networks in 2000.



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