Fatima Zaidi (born in 1989) is a Canadian entrepreneur, University lecturer at the University of Toronto,
and co-chair of Tech4SickKids at
SickKids Hospital.
She is the founder and CEO of
Quill Inc, a Canadian podcast agency, and CoHost, a podcast hosting and analytics tool for brands and agencies.
Early life and family
Zaidi was born in
Muscat, Oman
Muscat (, ) is the capital and most populous city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the population of the Muscat Governorate in 2022 was 1.72 million. ...
, to Pakistani parents. She moved to Toronto, Canada, in 2007.
Career
In 2016, Zaidi became the VP of Business Development for the Toronto marketing agency, Eighty-Eight. In the same year, she began appearing on segments for
BNN Bloomberg
BNN Bloomberg is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel owned by Bell Media with the name licensed from Bloomberg L.P. It broadcasts programming related to business and financial news and analysis. The channel is headquarter ...
on the challenges female founders face in entrepreneurship.
In 2019, Zaidi launched
Quill Inc, a branded podcast agency that works with North American brands. In 2021,
Quill Inc launched CoHost, a podcast hosting and analytics tool for brands and agencies.
Since 2016, Zaidi has been an advisor for startup companies Willful and Abacus Agency. In 2021, Zaidi took on a teaching position at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Education to educate students on podcasting.
In 2020, Zaidi became the co-chair of the #Tech4SickKids council for SickKids Hospital.
Awards and recognition
Since 2016, Zaidi has won two Top 30 under 30 awards by Marketing Magazine and Bay Street Bull, the Young Professional of the Year by Notable Life, Veuve Clicquot's Bold Future Award, The Women in Content Marketing Award, Bay Street Bull's Woman of the Year,
and one of Flare Magazine's Top 100 Women.
References
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Living people
1989 births
Pakistani emigrants to Canada
Canadian businesspeople