Farouk Rice

Farouk Rice is an experienced finance professional currently serving as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Mythos Ventures since March 2025. Prior to this role, Rice worked at Faire as a Corporate Finance Senior Associate from May 2023 to March 2025. Between June 2015 and February 2023, Rice held multiple positions at Upstart, including Finance Manager, Senior Financial Analyst, Digital Acquisition Lead, Growth Marketing Analyst, and Business Operations Analyst. Rice holds a Master of Arts in Applied Economics from San José State University, obtained between 2014 and 2016, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from California State University, Fresno, completed in 2013.