Ilia Ghorbanipou, portfolio
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Start here.

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“Running long distances and building small software while I figure out the rest.”
I’m Ilia, 22, Toronto. I study finance & technology at Schulich (York ’28). I read Marcus Aurelius on the trail, love sci-fi and Renaissance history, care about purpose and curiosity, make things that are beautiful and useful.
SCHULICH ’28 MARATHONER YOUTH SWIM TEAM PIANO + GUITAR
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BUILDINGPeachBalance, a calmer money app
TRAININGfor a spring marathon
READINGMeditations by Marcus Aurelius
PLAYINGa new piece on piano
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Long Run, No. 3
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ONE OF THIRTEEN · PAINTED & DITHERED BY ILIA
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Ilia Ghorbanipou

Toronto · finance & technology · Schulich ’28
SCHULICH ’28 MARATHONER YOUTH SWIM TEAM PIANO + GUITAR
A dithered painting from the desk's gallery
I keep a more personal version of this site. If you want to see the work up close and get to know me a little, it lives there.

I study finance and technology at Schulich and spend most of the rest of my time building software for problems I actually have.

I have worked across startups and large institutions. What I took from each was the different perspectives: how differently they decide what is worth building and how often the thing worth fixing is the one everyone has stopped noticing. Building is the part I keep coming back to. The rest of my time goes on foot, running and hiking and seeing places properly and on reading history and philosophy. I enjoy thinking about our nature and how much of it history shaped.

What follows is the short version. If any of it is useful to you, write to me.

Ilia ✦

EDUCATION
Schulich School of Business, York University
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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THINGS I’VE BUILT
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ACHIEVEMENTS & PARTICIPATION
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MORE ABOUT ME
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I swam competitively for Iran’s youth team. These days the distance happens on the Toronto waterfront. Most of what I build starts as something I wanted to exist for myself.
There is a full desktop version of this site: windows, a terminal, a wall of paintings. It needs a bigger screen.
ILIA GHORBANIPOU

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