Nader Farhang Darehshori (born in

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, Iran 15 December 1936)Personal interview in Forbes, Volume 163, Issues 1-4; Forbes Incorporated, 1999; p 163 is Chairman, President, CEO, and Co-Founder of Aptius Education, Inc. He is a director at State Street Corporation and was a director of Aviva USA Corporation. He is a trustee of Wellesley College, the

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, and the

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. He is on the EdNET Advisory Board and the Massachusetts Business Roundtable Board. Darehshori came to the United States in 1961; in 1966 received a B.A. from the

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. The same year began to work in

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as a Salesperson. He was President, Chairman, and CEO of

from 1990 to 2000. He received an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science degree from Suffolk University in 1992. He was the Director, Chairman, and Co-Founder of Cambium Learning, Inc. from 2004 to 2007 and remained on the board.

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