Osman Rashid, is an executive and entrepreneur in the field of education technology. He was co-founder and CEO of online textbook rental leader Chegg

Chegg

Chegg or Chegg.com is an online textbook rental company in the United States based in Santa Clara, CA, which was created in 2001 by three Iowa State University students. Students rent textbooks typically by ordering online, and return books after the semester. It was founded by entrepreneurs Osman...

, and also co-founder and CEO of Kno

Kno

Kno, Inc. is a software company in Silicon Valley that sells into the education market. The company is working with major academic publishers including McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons, Pearson, and Cengage Learning to make their textbooks available to Kno users.- History:Kno was founded in May of...

, Inc., a digital education platform company.

Ernst & Young awarded him an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award in 2009 for Consumer Products in Northern CA.

Rashid received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...

 in 1993 and was born in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

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Awards

Osman Rashid received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year© Award in 2009. The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year© award is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs, spanning more than 140 cities and 50 countries worldwide.

External Links

• Kno official website