Background
Mohseni was born on 23 April 1966 in London, United Kingdom, where his father, Yassin Mohseni, was serving as an Afghan diplomat.
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Mohseni was born on 23 April 1966 in London, United Kingdom, where his father, Yassin Mohseni, was serving as an Afghan diplomat.
He is the chairman and chief executive officer of MOBY Group, launched in Afghanistan in 2002 and now active across South and Central Asia and the Middle East. Prior to establishing Moby Group, he headed the equities and corporate finance division of an Australian investment banking firm. Yassin Mohseni served in Kabul, Washington, District of Columbia, London, Islamabad, and Tokyo during his 25-year career.
After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Yassin Mohseni, then serving in Tokyo, resigned from the diplomatic corps and sought asylum.
The family relocated to Australia in 1982. Mohseni began his banking career as an apprentice at an Australian funds management entity, and later became a commodities and derivatives trader in Melbourne, Sydney, and London, culminating in the management of a trading desk of an Australian investment bank.
They entered the media arena in 2003 by establishing Arman FM, the country"s first privately owned radio station. Arman played Western and Afghan popular music, which was groundbreaking after years of Taliban rule, in which all music, television, and independent news had been banned.
In 2004, MOBY Group launched TOLO television, which airs international soap operas, The Voice Afghanistan, Afghan Star, and locally produced dramas.
In addition to TOLO television, MOBY also owns TOLOnews and Lemar television, a Pashto-language channel. MOBY channels are viewed by over 60 percent of Afghans. In 2009, MOBY launched Farsi1, a general-entertainment satellite channel targeting Persian speakers in the Middle East and West Asia.
In 2014, MOBY launched LANA television in Iraq, the first satellite channel to dub shows into the local Iraqi dialect.
MOBY Group now owns 17 businesses operating in seven markets across South and Central Asia and the Middle East, spanning television, radio, production, strategic communications, and digital platforms.