40 Under 40 Award Winners

BBA, NEDA Telecommunications

Homayun Arian

Homayun Arian is the president of IFONE Inc. and General Manager for Neda Telecommunications. He is also president and owner of Samsor Advertising Company. Topping the BBA batch in 2011 and winning a gold medal at Kardan University, he also qualified for Fulbright scholarship.

He started as Admin Manager for NEDA Telecommunications Ltd. and was soon promoted to General Manager position, supervising hundreds of employees. He is the recipient of the Yahclick Marketing Excellence Award and Yahclick Operational Excellence Award in UAE.

During his tenure at Neda, he has brought the company from almost bankruptcy back to becoming the leading Internet service provider in Afghanistan. He has managed to secure multi-million dollar contracts with different government and International institutions.