IWEC Foundation Global Ambassador
CEO & Co-Founder
Akorbi
Plano, United States
Claudia Mirza is the CEO and co-founder of Akorbi, the 34th largest language service provider in the world, and the 4th largest organization globally to have achieved organic growth. What started as a simple translation business is today a global provider of multilingual business solutions, including interpretation, staffing, contact centers, learning services and localization in 177 languages. Claudia’s vision and leadership have led Akorbi to become the 13th fastest-growing woman-owned/led company in the world, according to the Women Presidents’ Organization, and the #2,568 fastest-growing company on the Inc. 5000 with 166% growth in the last three years. Claudia is a published author in key industry publications, a sought-after speaker, an inventor with patents-pending, a mother of two, a mentor, wife, daughter and a philanthropist. She has been featured in Forbes, Inc. Magazine, TIME, Fortune and by Google as an advocate for small and women-owned businesses. As the 2016 US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s Woman of the Year, Claudia was invited to the White House to meet with the current administration representing small and women-owned businesses. Claudia is a Harvard Business School Alumni from the prestigious Owner/President Management (OPM) Program, Class 52 as well as a bipartisan voter focused
on women business issues and the global economy.
