{"id":50011,"date":"2017-09-05T10:39:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T09:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=50011"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:25:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:25:46","slug":"husayn-kassai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/husayn-kassai\/","title":{"rendered":"Husayn Kassai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Husayn Kassai is the co-founder and CEO of Onfido, a data-driven platform that helps build trust into the sharing economy by providing automated identity, financial, criminal and other background checks.<\/p>\n<p>Husayn sets the overall strategy for Onfido, prior to which he served as the President of Oxford Entrepreneurs along with co-founder Eamon Jubbawy.<\/p>\n<p>Husayn has a BA in Economics &amp; Management from Keble College, Oxford. 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