# Amir Tehrani

> Amir Tehrani is the Los Angeles-based co-founder and co-CEO of Our Place. His earlier career spans Deloitte Consulting, consumer-products businesses, Legacy Angel Ventures, and service as one of Los Angeles’s first entrepreneurs in residence. He co-created the campaign for National Entrepreneurs’ Day and built Our Place with Shiza Shahid and Zach Rosner.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Our Place
- **Organizations:** Our Place, Allied Group Inc., Coleman Living, Legacy Angel Ventures, The Legacy Foundation, Deloitte Consulting, City of Los Angeles, Conrad Asher Licensing Group
- **Education:** BA in Economics, University of California, Irvine, MBA; entrepreneurship and real estate, UCLA Anderson School of Management
- **Known for:** Co-founded Our Place., Helped establish National Entrepreneurs’ Day through a successful presidential petition campaign., Served in Los Angeles’s inaugural entrepreneur-in-residence cohort.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2010** — Worked at Deloitte Consulting and established consumer-products and licensing businesses.
- **2010** — Co-created the campaign for National Entrepreneurs’ Day with David Hauser and Siamak Taghaddos.
- **2014** — Named one of Los Angeles’s first entrepreneurs in residence alongside Krisztina “Z” Holly.
- **2015** — Launched the Mayor’s Sharing Economy Job Fair in South Los Angeles and Legacy Angel Ventures.
- **2017** — Featured as managing partner of Legacy Angel Ventures in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s LA 500.
- **2019** — Our Place launched with co-founders Shiza Shahid and Zach Rosner.
- **2024** — Traveled to Marrakech with Shahid and two product leaders to develop a limited-edition tagine.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Our Place.
- Helped establish National Entrepreneurs’ Day through a successful presidential petition campaign.
- Served in Los Angeles’s inaugural entrepreneur-in-residence cohort.
- Launched Legacy Angel Ventures to support local early-stage companies.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — A Condé Nast Traveler interview with Shahid described their late-2024 Marrakech trip developing a tagine with local craftsmen.
- **2025-10** — An Architectural Digest Middle East feature documented the Los Angeles home Tehrani shares with Shahid and its Persian and Pakistani influences.
- **2025-06** — A Los Angeles Business Journal EY feature profiled Tehrani and Shahid and described Our Place’s prototyping and early fundraising.

## Links

- Website: https://fromourplace.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirt/

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Last updated: 2026-10-08