S:6 E:31 From Deserts to Dreams: Payam Zamani's Journey to Success

Books That Make You Feel That Anything Is Possible, Even When Things Seem Hopeless

When he was just sixteen years old, Payam Zamani’s parents paid smugglers to carry him safely across over a thousand miles of desert so he might escape brutal religious persecution in Iran.

Not much later, he arrived as an adolescent refugee in America, equipped only with a dream. In just over a decade, he launched a record-breaking billion-dollar IPO, only for it to fall victim to the nineties’ tech bubble, and Wall Street’s subsequent meltdown.

Twenty-three years later, he bought the company back, and, within just a few months, made it profitable once more.

His new book, CROSSING THE DESERT: The Power of Embracing Life's Difficult Journeys chronicles Payam’s story of going from oppression to opportunity, and from financial highs to lows—to highs once more.

Find out more on Books That Make You. You can also follow us on Facebook and Instagram.