Overview

Gender

male

Karim is the Director of Corporate Business Development at Amazon and was the co-founder and CEO of Wellsbi.

Karim was previously the VP of Business Development at LearnVest from 2011 through 2014. In this role, he developed and executed on the company's audience development and partnership strategies, including the establishment of the company's entry into the 401k workplace distribution channel. He successfully negotiated and closed partnerships that helped drive revenue and user growth with Fortune 50 companies, including American Express, Fidelity Investments, MassMutual, and dozens of leading publishers.

Prior to his role at LearnVest, he was Director of Business Development at AOL from 2006 through 2011. During his time at AOL, Karim was responsible for the identifying and closing new business opportunities across AOL’s content and advertising portfolios, including the launch of the company’s branded entertainment division in 2010 as well as leading strategic partnerships in the advertising technology space.

Karim holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.