About this episode

Anoosheh Oskouian shares her journey from a young immigrant to a successful CEO, discussing resilience, mentorship, and the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated industry.

Anoosheh Oskouian came to the United States alone at fourteen years old. She had convinced her father to let her leave Iran before she finished high school, the same way she had once convinced her parents to change her birth certificate so she could start school early. She landed in Denver, finished high school at George Washington High, and then the revolution back home turned Iranians into targets overnight. So she did what she has done at every hard moment since: she set her own rules, kept her focus, and moved forward. Decades later, that same resolve is the foundation of Ship & Shore Environmental, the Long Beach company she has built and grown organically for more than twenty-five years. Today, the firm designs and fabricates custom air pollution control systems for manufacturers across the country and around the world, and Anoosheh sits on the South Coast Air Quality Management District committee that helps write the very rules her machines are built to meet. This is a conversation about grit, reinvention, and what it costs to be the only woman CEO in a room full of men. Anoosheh talks about the people who underestimated her, the young engineers she now mentors, the…

People in this episode

Host: Jim Mayer

Guest: Anoosheh Oskouian

Topics covered

• resilience
• entrepreneurship
• environmental sustainability
• women in leadership
• American dream
• mentorship

Keywords

• immigration
• CEO
• air pollution control
• mentorship
• grit
• business growth
• women in business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ship & Shore Environmental, South Coast Air Quality Management District

Places: Iran, Denver, Long Beach

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