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Rasheed Richmond

Rasheed Richmond is an internet entrepreneur, political fundraiser, and social media expert. As a managing partner with Ryan Leslie in the NextSelection Lifestyle Group, he became an acclaimed online marketer after his successful viral marketing campaign for the recording artist Cassie   and online fundraising for President Obama.

Biography
Rasheed grew up near Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area. The only boy of five children, his father, Dr. Leon F. Richmond, practiced medicine for over 30 years in Oakland, CA.

Rasheed attended the University of California, Irvine and ran track & field while completing a degree in economics.

After graduation, he worked at Johnson & Johnson before resigning to launch one of first college social networks sites Collegester.com. With the success of The Facebook, Rasheed turned his attention to concentrate on building a text link ad network he later named Advertise U! a division of Rasheed Richmond Enterprises, Inc.

New Media Marketing
Rasheed came to prominence in his partnership with Ryan Leslie and their success in breaking the first musical artist online via MySpace and Youtube. Cassie's sudden fame quickly pointed the spotlight on the innovative new media marketing strategies employed by Rasheed and Ryan.

These same techniques were utilized in a fundraising campaign for President-Elect Obama that raised $109,769 across 769 donors.

Personal Life
The entrepreneurial spirit has led Rasheed to travel to many countries and develop a passion for nightlife and photography. Rasheed has shot many hollywood actors and actresses including James Preston and Kristina Shannon.

He currently resides in Pacific Palisades and has mentored many new recording artists including Krys Ivory and Royalty.