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Razmig Hovaghimian is an American entrepreneur who co-founded the streaming service Viki and founded Hoodline. As of July 2025, he was co-founder and CEO of artificial-intelligence company Firebird AI. He stepped down as Viki's CEO in 2015 and remained at Rakuten as its first entrepreneur in residence and head of video. He also co-founded the neonatal-health nonprofit Embrace.

Occupation: businessperson
Citizenship: United States
Born: 1975

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Razmig Hovaghimian is an American entrepreneur. He is co-founder and CEO of the international online streaming video site Viki, and senior executive officer of global content, board observer and Entrepreneur in residence at Japanese ecommerce company Rakuten. He is also a co-founder and board member of non-profit neonatal health company Embrace. He also founded Hoodline, formerly Ripple News, a hyper-local, automated data newswire later acquired by social media neighborhood site Nextdoor. Early life and education Hovaghimian was born in Cairo, Egypt, to Armenian parents. He moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of 16. Hovaghimian attended the University of California at Berkeley, majoring in political economy and minoring in business administration. After graduating, he spent time as a consultant in the US and Europe, before relocating to Japan to work as a management consultant at ad agency Dentsu. He returned to the US to attend the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he received an MBA. Career Embrace

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