Former Businesswoman,Leila Janah was married to Tassilo Festetics

Leila Janah was an American Businesswoman who was known for being the founder and CEO of Samasource and LXMI. Moreover, the two of her company shares a common goal which is to end global poverty by providing jobs to the people. Because of her good work, she has achieved numerous awards and honors in her life.

Furthermore, Leila Janah was a married woman and married to the vice president of the global solution, Tassilo Festetics. The couple also shares one daughter from their marriage. To know more about Leila Janah stay on the page and keep on scrolling.

Leila Janah Before Fame

Leila Janah was born on October 9, 1982, in Lewiston, New York nearby Niagara Falls. But her parents moved to San Pedro, Los Angeles, California where she spends most of her childhood while growing up.  Leila hasn’t shared her parent’s name but she was the daughter of an Indian Immigrants parents who came to the United States.

In one interview, Leila described that her childhood was difficult due to a lack of financial problems. And when she reached in her teenager, she started working in many jobs like Tutoring and Babysitting. Moreover, Leila went to the California Academy of Mathematics and Science for her education. After graduation, she enrolled at Harvard University where she gained a degree in African Development Studies.

Leila’s journey to sucess

After her graduation from Harvard, she began working as a management consultant with Katzenbach Partners.  Before that, she left Katzenbach Partners in 2007 to visit a scholar at Standford University with the program on Global Justice. In addition, after getting inspired by the program she launched Samasource in 2008.

After establishing Samasource she raised $14.8 million series of funding which now hires people from East Africa and India. Similarly, in 2015 she founded LXMI which is an ethical fair-trade company that produces organic skincare.

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Married Life

As said above, Leila Janah was a married woman and a mother of one child. She was married to the Tassio Festetics who is currently serving as a vice president at a global solution. However, they haven’t revealed their marriage date yet but from their marriage, the couple shares a beautiful daughter.

Leila was once diagnosed with one of the types of rare cancer. She was suffering from Epitheloid Sarcoma. However, in an interview, she mentioned that her husband and daughter supported her during her hard time. Also, she added they were one of the reasons which lead her to survive for a long time.

Death of Leila Janah

The couple was living a happy life and maintaining their lifestyle. But one-day a tragedy occurred in their life when Leila got diagnosed with Epitheloid Sarcoma.  Epitheloid Sarcoma is a rare disease which is a slow-growing type of soft tissued cancer. It can be treatable in some ways but when Leila knew about she was suffering from cancer, it was too late for her.

But when she found that she was suffering from Epithelioid Sarcoma, she shared the news on her social media account to informed her fans. On January 24, 2020 at the age of 37, she passed away from the diseases. Many of her fans and followers were shocked after they heard the news. As soon as she passed away, the world suffers from a heartbreaking tragedy. Between that time many of the news stations covered her tragic story and becomes the headlines overnight.

Net Worth

Janah always tried to help other people and she had sucessfully helped many people to get a job from her company. According to networthbuzz.com, Leila had grabbed a whopping net worth of $10 million from her profession. Additionally, after she launched Samasource she raised $14.8 million series of a fund.

In 2020, the current year, Leila’s Samasource company made $15 million in revenue. Also, three thousand workers were paid around $3 million by the company.

Moreover, the company also increased payment for the freelancers from $2.50 a day to more than $8 per day.  And also, she won the whopping amount of $14,000 price money while she took part in a business plan competition. In addition,  Leila was chosen to participate in the fbFund contest which was worth $13 million to support developers and entrepreneurs.