Ahmad Ghahreman, CEO, President and co-founder

A serial entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience in developing cleantech technologies for processing and recycling resources, Ghahreman is the CEO, president and co-founder of Cyclic Materials. The Kingston, Ontario-based company brings in end-of-life hard drives and a variety of other magnet-containing products, extracts the magnets and uses a hydrometallurgical process to convert them into mixed rare earth oxides and other substances.