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Sherry Bahrambeygui '86

Founder, Chestnut, LR, LLC

Sherry Bahrambeygui '86

Sherry S. Babrambeygui served as Chief Executive Officer of PriceSmart Inc., (NASDAQ: PSMT, $3 .3b market cap) from 2018 to 2023. During her tenure at PriceSmart, she grew the international consumer retail company with over 12,000 employees in 13 countries through COVID, digital transformation, the launching of e-commerce, and re-branding. Ms. Babrambeygui has been a director of PriceSmart, Inc. since November 2011, having served as chair or member of various committees and as Vice Chair of the board of directors from 2016 to 2017. Prior to her tenure as Chief Executive Officer, she served as the President and Managing Member of The Price Group, LLC, a private investment and management company. Before joining The Price Group, Ms. Bahrambeygui was a litigator specializing in business, health care, consumer & retail, and real estate industries and a founding partner of Hosey & Bahrambeygui, LLP, a leading boutique civil litigation practice. Ms. Bahrambeygui has significant experience in corporate governance as a board member, trustee and attorney for numerous public, private and non-profit companies and boards. In addition to Ms. Bahrambeygui's extensive international business, governance and leadership experience, she is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Consumer Attorneys' Public Justice Award, and San Diego's 40 Under 40.

Ms. Bahrambeygui is founder and managing member of the consulting and investment firm of Chestnut, LR, LLC, serves on the boards of Price Smart, Inc., the Board of Trustees for the UC San Diego Foundation and several other non-profit foundations, and is the mother of twin sons.

Ms. Bahrambeygui studied at Columbia University and has degrees from University of California, San Diego and California Western School of Law.