

Shiza is a prominent speaker and story-teller, keynoting conferences around the world, sharing her personalstory, and inspiring people to make an impact in their own unique ways. She was a business analyst with McKinsey & Company. Shiza also graduated from Stanford University with University Distinction. Shiza is passionate about the future of impact through technology she studied exponential technologies at Singularity University, which is dedicated to applying futuristic innovations to advancing humanity. Shiza is the host of the new USA Today show “ASPIREist,” which inspires millennials to take action on the issues that matter most. Shiza is the founder of The Collective, a community of leading entrepreneurs that come together to build collaborative change. She invests in mission-driven technology startups that are solving the world’s most pressing challenges through technology, innovation, and high-growth business models. Shiza launched NOW Ventures in Silicon Valley, in partnership with AngelList, the largest Venture Capital Platform in the world.


Because home-cooking is where cultures are most authentically represented and love is most fully expressed. Our Place is creating products and telling stories that celebrate cultural traditions and reinvest in communities, through the lens of food and home-cooking. Shiza is now the co-founder of Our Place a mission-driven e-commerce startup focused on getting people to connect more by cooking and sharing food together. She focused on creating access to high quality education for all children around the world. Shiza co-founded the Malala Fund with Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, and led the organization as founding CEO. Shiza Shahid is an entrepreneur, technologist, investor and impact leader. Mia is also a part owner of the MLS’ Los Angeles Football Club and the expansion franchise, Angel FC of the NWSL. Indeed, she has maintained an active presence within the soccer community and has served as an outspoken advocate for Title IX and gender equality across sporting lines, all the while cementing her status as the face of not merely a sport but rather of an entire generation of female athletes through her Foundation.

In the years since her dominant run on the global stage as a player, Mia has continued to serve as an inspiration to young girls looking to rise to the pinnacle of the sporting world. Hailed by ESPN as the greatest female athlete of the past 40 years, Mia was the youngest woman to ever appear in a match for the US Senior Squad at just 15 years old in 1987, and during her illustrious career playing for the national team shattered a litany of American records, most notably those for international goals (158) and assists (144).
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After 17 years, two World Championships, two Olympic Gold Medals, and near unparalleled success as a marketing icon, Mia Hamm retired from professional soccer in 2004 as not only the best women’s soccer player in history but also as one of the most important and recognizable female figures in the history of sport.
