Jamie Hodari
{{Short description|American Entrepreneur}}
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Jamie Hodari is an American entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of the flexible workplace provider Industrious.{{Cite news |last=Leland |first=John |date=December 4, 2015 |title=How Jamie Hodari, Workplace Entrepreneur, Spends His Sundays |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/nyregion/how-jamie-hodari-workplace-entrepreneur-spends-his-sundays.html |access-date=2022-07-10 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |title=The Innovators: Industrious CEO Jamie Hodari |url=https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/coworking/bisnow-innovator-industrious-ceo-jamie-hodari-107997 |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=Bisnow |language=en}}
Biography
Hodari grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.{{Cite web |title=January 28, 2016 – Image 72 |url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.2016.01.28.001/72 |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=The Detroit Jewish News Digital Archives |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Casadei |first=Dana |date=June 26, 2018 |title=Jamie Hodari |url=https://www.downtownpublications.com/single-post/2018/06/26/jamie-hodari |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=downtownpublications |language=en}} He graduated from the Cranbrook Schools and received his B.A. from Columbia University, an M.P.P. from Harvard Kennedy School, and a J.D. from Yale Law School.{{Cite web |last=Cremades |first=Alejandro |title=Meet Industrious CEO: The Entrepreneur That Raised $150 Million To Take On WeWork |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alejandrocremades/2019/05/02/meet-industrious-ceo-the-entrepreneur-that-raised-150-million-to-take-on-wework/ |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=December 4, 2015 |title=Jamie Hodari ’04CC brings co-working space Industrious to Brooklyn |url=https://entrepreneurship.columbia.edu/2015/12/04/jamie-hodari-industrious/ |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=Columbia Entrepreneurship |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Headapohl |first=Jackie |title=High-Energy Homecoming {{!}} The Detroit Jewish News |url=https://thejewishnews.com/2014/10/02/high-energy-homecoming/ |access-date=July 10, 2022 |website=The Detroit Jewish News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=September 13, 2014 |title=Jamie Hodari |url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20140917/NEWS/140919881/jamie-hodari |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=Crain's Detroit Business |language=en}} Hodari worked as a reporter for The Times of India after learning Hindi and Urdu in college,{{Cite web |title=Jamie-Hodari: Read Latest News from Jamie-Hodari – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Jamie-Hodari-13780.cms |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}} then for the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell after law school and was an analyst at Birch Run Capital.
Hodari left finance to head a private college scholarship program for orphans of the Rwandan genocide called Generation Rwanda.{{Cite web |title=Evaluation of Generation Rwanda’s Kepler Program |url=https://www.air.org/project/evaluation-generation-rwandas-kepler-program |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=American Institutes for Research |language=en}} He co-founded and served as CEO of Kepler, an experimental university tasked with bringing accessible higher education to Rwanda.{{Cite web |title=Rwandan Degree Program Aims for a ‘University in a Box’ |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/rwandan-degree-program-aims-for-a-university-in-a-box/ |access-date=July 10, 2022 |website=The Chronicle of Higher Education}}{{Cite web |first=Jeffrey |last=Bartholet |date=August 1, 2013 |title=Free Online Courses Bring "Magic" to Rwanda |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/free-online-classes-bring-magic-rwanda/ |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=Scientific American}}
In 2012, Hodari co-founded Industrious with Justin Stewart, his next-door neighbor, who was then heading the U.S. arm of a Chinese Real Estate company. The two had similar unpleasant experiences in shared workspaces, which inspired them to start a premium flexible workplace company.{{Cite web |last=Chiquoine |first=Jackie |date=November 24, 2020 |title=Startup Industrious Eyes Growth With Its Flexible Office Space Model |url=https://www.uschamber.com/co/co/good-company/the-leap/industrious-flexible-office-spaces |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=uschamber.com/co |language=en-US}} The company has grown to over 500 employees over 150 locations in over 65 markets in the United States and worldwide as well as one of Inc. magazine's fastest growing companies in 2020.{{Cite web |first=David M. |last=Levitt |date=September 21, 2021 |title=Industrious CEO Jamie Hodari on the Next Big Real Estate Trend |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2021/09/industrious-jamie-hodari-core-flex/ |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=Commercial Observer |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=May 20, 2022 |title=CBRE Doubles Down on Flex-Office Provider Industrious |url=https://therealdeal.com/2022/05/20/cbre-doubles-down-on-flex-office-provider-industrious/ |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}
In popular culture
Hodari was played by Jordan Bridges in the 2022 miniseries WeCrashed.{{Cite web |last=Trivedi |first=Dhruv |date=March 31, 2022 |title=Where is Jamie Hodari Now? |url=https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-jamie-hodari-now/ |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=The Cinemaholic |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2022 |title=WeWork's Adam Neumann Brings Hustle to His Vision in 'WeCrashed' Episode 5 |url=https://www.costar.com/article/1615974774/weworks-adam-neumann-brings-hustle-to-his-vision-in-wecrashed-episode-5 |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=CoStar}}
Personal life
Hodari lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.{{Cite web |last=Mastroianni |first=Brian |title=Worldwise: ‘Work From Anywhere’ Entrepreneur Jamie Hodari’s Favorite Things |url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/worldwise-work-from-anywhere-entrepreneur-jamie-hodaris-favorite-things-01602099182 |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=www.barrons.com |language=en-US}}
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