Carnegie Mellon University

Hooman Radfar

Hooman Radfar (E 2004)

Founder, AddThis and Partner, Expa

Bio

Hooman Radfar (MSIN, 2004) co-founded AddThis with fellow alumnus Austin Fath​ (MSIN, 2004). The marketing automation platform for online publishers and advertisers was acquired by Oracle in January of 2016 for $200 million.

Today, Hooman is an entrepreneur, executive and investor with expertise in social media, big data and online marketing. He is a partner at Expa, a startup studio with offices in San Francisco and New York. At Expa, he collaborates with the founders of Uber and Foursquare to build and launch category-defining, new companies. 

“The INI not only provided us with the critical skills we needed to start our company after graduating, but also with access to the network and mentorship critical to our early success.” 

Education

MSIN, 2004