# Amira Yahyaoui

> Amira Yahyaoui is a Tunisian entrepreneur and human rights activist, identified by Mos-related public profiles as its founder and CEO. After exile in France and a return to Tunisia following the 2011 revolution, she founded the parliamentary transparency organization Al Bawsala. She later founded Mos to help US students navigate college financial aid. Her career includes a 2014 Yale World Fellowship and co-chairing the 2016 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Mos
- **Organizations:** Mos, Al Bawsala, Vital Voices, World Economic Forum
- **From:** Tunis, Tunisia
- **Nationality:** Tunisian
- **Education:** Yale World Fellow (non-degree fellowship), Yale University, Draper Hills Summer Fellow (non-degree fellowship), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Founded Al Bawsala to promote government transparency and citizen access to legislative information., Received the 2012 Vital Voices Global Trailblazer Award., Selected as a 2014 Yale World Fellow.

## Career timeline

- **2000s** — Campaigned against censorship under Tunisia’s Ben Ali government; subsequently lived in exile in France.
- **2011** — Returned after the Tunisian revolution and stood as an independent candidate for the Constituent Assembly.
- **2012** — Founded Al Bawsala, a transparency and accountability NGO. Contemporary reporting traces its initial work to October 2011; biographical accounts commonly date its founding to 2012.
- **2014** — Yale World Fellow and Stanford Draper Hills Summer Fellow; received the Fondation Chirac Conflict Prevention Prize and Sjur Lindebrække Prize for Democracy and Human Rights.
- **2016** — Co-chaired the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos and became a Young Global Leader.
- **2017** — Mos founded, according to Sequoia’s company record; public operations and her move to San Francisco are described in later reporting as beginning in 2018.
- **2020** — Mos partnered with Sequoia Capital; Yahyaoui discussed its aid application and advisor model in an All Raise interview.
- **2021** — Mos launched student banking services in September.
- **2022** — Mos announced a $40 million Series B at a reported $400 million company valuation.
- **2023** — Mos closed banking services and reduced staffing, returning its focus to financial aid, according to March 2024 reporting.
- **2024** — A March investigation questioned how Mos represented user totals and aid outcomes. Allegations are reporting, not adjudicated findings.
- **2025** — Sequoia’s portfolio record lists Mos as acquired in 2025.

## Achievements

- Founded Al Bawsala to promote government transparency and citizen access to legislative information.
- Received the 2012 Vital Voices Global Trailblazer Award.
- Selected as a 2014 Yale World Fellow.
- Received the 2014 Fondation Chirac Conflict Prevention Prize.
- Received the 2014 Sjur Lindebrække Prize for Democracy and Human Rights.
- Co-chaired the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 2016.
- Founded Mos, a US college financial aid business.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Research check: Mos’s live website emphasizes scholarship matching, school financial plans and advisors; Sequoia’s public company record lists an acquisition in 2025. This is the verification month, not an asserted transaction month.
- **2026-10** — The directly opened LinkedIn profile lists New York City Metropolitan Area, superseding older San Francisco Bay Area snippets. This is a public profile location observed during research.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirayahyaoui
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Mira404

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Last updated: 2026-10-24