Chai & Gupshup with Jabran Niaz

Speakers for this event

• Jabran Niaz

  Jabran Niaz

  CEO at Utopia Deals & Utopia Industries

  Jabran Niaz is CEO at Utopia Deals, an e-commerce business in USA; also CEO at Utopia Industries, a manufacturer and exporter in Pakistan, the combined revenue of both companies is 650 million USD for Year 2022 Utopia Deals founded in 2011, it is top 2 seller at Amazon.com (overall), it sells consumer goods, providing household items majorly in the North America, UK and Europe. Its products are best sellers in 50+ product categories, its products are featured on dozens of publications including NY Times, Forbes, People magazine, Yahoo and Vogue it has sold up to 100 million units so far; almost every household in the US, Canada, UK and Europe has a Utopia Brand product. It owns dozens of patents, trademarks and copyright for its products, it manages warehouses of 800,000 Square feet in USA east coast, west coast, Canada, UK and Spain, it was awarded shipper of the year last year by Amazon. Entire team running the business is based in Karachi, Pakistan Utopia Industries started operation in 2020, in just 3 years it built total 2.5 million square feet of manufacturing facilities at 6 different locations, it is top 25 exporter of Pakistan, 10,000 people are working in its facilities, it is one of the most diversified manufacturing facility in the world, it is manufacturing Bed Sheets, Pillows, Blankets, Comforters, Quilts, Towels, Knit Garments, Knit Bedding, Mattress Protectors, Plastic Products, Nonstick Cookware, Cast Iron Cookware, Metal Racks, Personal Care Products, poly staple fiber, corrugated boxes, Tape, Zip, elastic and poly bags

  CEO at Utopia Deals & Utopia Industries

• Naveed Sherwani

  Naveed Sherwani

  Chairman, President, & CEO Rapid Silicon

  Dr. Naveed Sherwani is a well-known semiconductor industry veteran with over 30 years of entrepreneurial, engineering, and management experience. He is widely recognized as an innovator and leader in the field of design automation of ASICs and microprocessors and the main driver of the strategic evangelization of RISC-V International. Naveed has founded or co-founded over eleven silicon companies and raised over $850M in over 15 funding rounds from marquee venture capital firms during the course of his career. While serving as President, CEO, or Chairman, Naveed has been recognized as the leader of the “Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company” a record five times by the GSA (Global Semiconductor Alliance, the premier semiconductor industry membership body). He now serves as Chairman of GS Group, aiming to drive the next wave of silicon innovation by enabling growth strategies for semiconductor companies. Naveed also serves as the Chair the Open Source FPGA Foundation and is a Charter Member of notable Silicon Valley business forums such as TiE and OPEN. Dr. Naveed both a PhD and master’s degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a BE degree at NED University in Karachi, Pakistan. Naveed has also authored several books and over 100 articles on various aspects of VLSI physical design automation and ASICs. To enable screen reader support, press Ctrl+Alt+Z To learn about keyboard shortcuts, press Ctrl+slash.

  Chairman, President, & CEO Rapid Silicon