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Coffee Republic founder Sahar Ashemi: Don’t have a plan B, it makes you dither
Thursday 05 March 2026 12:32 pm | Updated: Thursday 05 March 2026 12:33 pm
Coffee Republic founder Sahar Ashemi: Don’t have a plan B, it makes you dither
By: Anna Moloney
Deputy Comment and Features Editor
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Each week, we dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good. Today, Sahar Hashemi, former solicitor and founder of Coffee Republic and Buy Women Built, takes us through her career in Square Mile and Me
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Name: Sahar Hashemi OBE Job title: Founder of Buy Women Built Previous roles: Solicitor, founder of Coffee Republic, author Age: 58 Born: Tehran, Iran Lives: London Studied: Law Talents: Maybe it’s that I don’t overthink or overanalyse, I just take the leap. Clarity comes after. Motto: Leap and the net will appear. Biggest perk of the job? Being so fulfilled. Coffee order: Triple espresso. Cocktail order: Spicy tommys Marg Favourite book: Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor FrankelWhat was your first job?
My first job was at the age of 13, selling Christmas trees on High Street Kensington for a children’s hospice charity.
What was your first role in the City?
I started out as a trainee solicitor in a prestigious law firm called Frere Cholmeley in Lincoln’s Inn Fields. I think it was the influence of those TV programmes about lawyers like LA Law that made me want to become a lawyer.
When did you know you wanted to build a career in........
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