Education
University of Minnesota.
University of Minnesota.
Kno, Incorporated. has received funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Intel Capital, Goldman Sachs, FLOODGATE and GSV Capital, while Chegg was funded by KPCB, IVP, Gabriel Ventures and others Osman Rashid was born in London and did his early schooling in Ghana and finished middle and high school from Islamabad, Pakistan. He later moved to the United States where he received his bachelor"s degree in electrical engineering from University of Minnesota in 1993.
Before founding Galxyz, Chegg and Kno, Osman Rashid also started Gravitywell, an Association of Software Professionals based customer service solution, and worked at Venturian, a subsidiary of ATIO Corporation, where Osman served as VP of Business Development and Marketing.
Between start-ups, Osman was Director of Business Development at Chordiant Software, Incorporated.
Osman Rashid helped spearhead the Chegg for Good program which plants a tree for every rental made, and to date has planted over 6 million trees. As well as the Kno for Good program, he developed a partnership with DonorsChoose.org to donate $1 of every sale made to help classrooms get school supplies.
Ernst & Young awarded him an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award in 2009 for Consumer Products in Northern California. The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year© award is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs, spanning more than 140 cities and 50 countries worldwide. He has also been recognized as Forbes Impact 15 for 2012 and as Incorporated.’s Immigrant Edge: 9 Wildly Successful Entrepreneurs.
Currently he is involved with ChildLife Foundation as a member of the Board of Trustees.
