Rahim Fazal

{{short description|Canadian-born technology entrepreneur, co-founder of Involver, Inc.}}

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Rahim Fazal is a Canadian-born technology entrepreneur. He is notable for co-founding Involver, Inc., a provider of social media management software. Involver was co-founded by Fazal and Noah Horton in San Francisco in 2007 and was acquired by Oracle on July 10, 2012.{{cite web|last1=Ricadela|first1=Aaron|title=Oracle Buys Involver to Expand in Social-Media Tools|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-10/oracle-buys-involver-to-expand-in-business-social-media-tools|website=Bloomberg Business|access-date=28 July 2015|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911175220/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-10/oracle-buys-involver-to-expand-in-business-social-media-tools|archive-date=11 September 2014}}

Involver was the technology platform that powered the first sponsorship of a Facebook Page.{{cite web|last1=Ives|first1=Nat|title='Us Weekly' Sells Facebook Fan Page Ad to State Farm|url=http://adage.com/article/media/weekly-sells-facebook-fan-page-ad-state-farm/136214/|website=AdAge|date=23 April 2009 |publisher=Advertising Age}} Facebook partnered with Involver to build applications for large events like Election Day,{{cite web|last1=Van Grove|first1=Jennifer|title=Facebook Helps You Find Your Polling Place|url=http://mashable.com/2010/11/01/where-to-vote/|website=Mashable|date=November 2010 |access-date=28 July 2015}} the FIFA World Cup,{{cite web|last1=Calderón|first1=Sara Inés|title=Facebook, Involver Launch FIFA World Cup Leaderboard|url=http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/facebook-involver-launch-fifa-world-cup-leaderboard/239928?red=if|website=AdWeek|date=14 May 2010 |access-date=28 July 2015}} and the Super Bowl.{{cite web|last1=Constine|first1=Josh|title=Watch 2012 Super Bowl Commercials Now With Facebook + USA Today's Ad Meter|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/03/watch-super-bowl-ads/|website=TechCrunch|date=3 February 2012 |access-date=28 July 2015}}

Fazal and co-founder Horton were named to Inc. Magazine's Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 list in 2008.{{cite web|title=30 Under 30: 2008|url=http://www.inc.com/30under30/2008/profile/2930-fzaalhorton.html|website=Inc.|publisher=Inc. Magazine|access-date=28 July 2015}} He received an Empact Award from Startup America and the Kauffman Foundation at the White House in 2011.{{cite web|last1=Gerber|first1=Scott|title=Announcing a Live Chat With Involver Founder Rahim Fazal|url=http://mashable.com/2013/01/09/live-chat-announcer-involver/|website=Mashable|date=9 January 2013 |access-date=28 July 2015}} He was named one of the Top 40 Under 40 by the San Francisco Business Times in 2013{{cite web|last1=Riddell|first1=Lindsay|title=Business Times names 40 Under 40 for 2013|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/02/business-times-names-40-under-40-for.html|website=San Francisco Business Times|access-date=28 July 2015}} and one of the Top 25 Digital Thought Leaders by iMedia.{{cite web|title=iMedia 25 - 2009 Internet Marketing Leaders and Innovators|url=http://www.imediaconnection.com/iMedia25/2009/people/Rahim-Fazal/|website=iMedia|access-date=28 July 2015}}

Fazal is the holder of an MBA from the Ivey Business School. He was the youngest person to be accepted to the program without a pre-requisite undergraduate degree.{{cite web|title=iMedia 25 - 2009 Internet Marketing Leaders and Innovators|url=http://www.imediaconnection.com/iMedia25/2009/people/Rahim-Fazal/|website=iMedia|access-date=28 July 2015}}