4 ▁January ▁ 1 9 6 8 ) ▁is ▁a ▁Swedish ▁business ▁executive . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁she ▁has ▁head ed ▁the ▁Swedish ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁c ater ing ▁and ▁support ▁services ▁mult in ational ▁S ode x o ▁where ▁she ▁over se es ▁operations ▁for ▁the ▁Nord ic ▁countries . ▁In ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁Swedish ▁week ly ▁business ▁magazine ▁Ve ck ans ▁Aff är er ▁named ▁her ▁the ▁most ▁powerful ▁business ▁woman ▁in ▁Sweden . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Born ▁in ▁Iran , ▁Sh ari ati ▁fle w ▁to ▁Goth enburg , ▁Sweden , ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁to ▁visit ▁her ▁boy friend , ▁Far zin ▁Mir sa idi , ▁a ▁political ▁refuge e . ▁She ▁decided ▁to ▁stay , ▁married ▁her ▁boy friend ▁( a ▁municipal ▁administrator ▁in ▁S igt una ), ▁and ▁learned ▁to ▁speak ▁Swedish . ▁She ▁studied ▁food ▁econom ics ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Goth enburg ▁and ▁took ▁courses ▁in ▁statistics , ▁leadership ▁and ▁market ing ▁at ▁the ▁university ' s ▁business ▁school . ▁ ▁When ▁her ▁husband ▁received ▁a ▁new ▁appointment ▁in ▁N yn ä sh am n , ▁the ▁couple ▁moved ▁with ▁their ▁son ▁to ▁the ▁Stockholm ▁area . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁she ▁came ▁into ▁contact ▁with ▁S ode x o ▁where ▁she ▁was ▁first ▁employed ▁as ▁a ▁ro ving ▁restaurant ▁manager , ▁replacing ▁abs ente e ▁man agers . ▁She ▁rose ▁quickly ▁up ▁the ▁company ' s ▁hier arch ical ▁tree