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He studied civil engineering at University College London and graduated in 1987. He stayed on to do a Doctor of Philosophy, specialising in the physics of fluids.
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He was the recipient of the Royal Award for the Young Entrepreneur of the year in 1993 for founding his first business, V&G, Victorian and Gilan (1990-1995). Parsa sold V&G in 1995 to join Cr Suisse First Boston as an investment banker. He later moved to Merrill Lynch and then Goldman Sachs.
He set up Circle in 2004 to become Europe"s largest partnership of clinicians, with some £200m of annualised revenue, near 3000 employees and a successful IPO. Parsa is an advocate of more private-sector involvement in the National Health Service, believing it improves efficiency, profitability and quality of healthcare.
After a successful Initial public offering Parsa stepped down as Chief Executive in December 2012 to commit more time to other ventures involving social entrepreneurship. Margaret Hodge Member of Parliament claimed that he had been sacked, but he denied lieutenant
He agreed that as non-exec Director he would get £40,000 and that he had a 2.4% stake in the business. Parsa launched Babylon Health, a mobile healthcare app, in April 2014.
Babylon Health is a subscription health service provider that enables users to have virtual consultations with doctors and health care professionals via text and video messaging through its mobile application.
He was named by the Times among the 100 global people to watch in 2012, and by Health Service Journal among the 50 most influential people in United Kingdom healthcare. Parsa is the United Kingdom Cabinet Office Ambassador for Mutuals.
