Cleopatra Broumand (Persian: کلئوپاترا برومند; born c. 1944 – c. 1945) is an Iranian-born American fashion designer, merchandiser, and entrepreneur in the apparel and food industries.

[citation needed] Her mother Farangis, a graduate of American School in Iran, named her after watching Claudette Colbert play the Egyptian queen in a classic movie.

Bareh-ye maveh (lamb with fruit), abgoosht limon (lemon stew), fesenjān (duck and meatballs in walnut and pomegranate sauce), and chelo (plain rice with saffron) were among the featured dishes she prepared.

[citation needed] He is the son of Kurt Birrenbach, chairman of the supervisory board of the Thyssen Group (today ThyssenKrupp) and Member of the German Bundestag (Parliament).

[citation needed] Starting in 1974, Broumand spent the next ten years living and working around the world,[13] in China, Germany, India, Italy, Iran, Japan, Russia, and Scotland.

At the request of the Thyssen Group of companies, Broumand accompanied her husband to Tehran to further develop the ongoing construction of Iranian oil and gas refineries and the acquisition of other major capital goods projects.

In 1977, at the request of her mentor Shirley Goodman, executive vice president of FIT, and under the auspices of Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi of Iran, Cleopatra directed the establishment of a FIT-subsidiary in Tehran.

[citation needed] In 1979, the Chinese government invited her to high-level talks in Beijing as an advisor to the National China Textile Corporation on state-of-the-art technology and marketing know-how available in the United States.

[10] On December 10, 1987, General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev hosted a dinner in honor of President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan at the Soviet Embassy in Washington D.C..[citation needed] On this occasion, Cleopatra was introduced to Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze who, in the spirit of Glasnost (Openness) and Perestroika (Restructuring), took a vivid interest in her line of work and invited her and her husband to a series of fact finding visits to Moscow, Leningrad, Tbilisi, Tashkent, etc..[citation needed] Based on her experience in China the purpose was to assess the needs of the antiquated textile and garment factories and to introduce western merchandising and marketing strategies to the Russian Ministry of Light Industries and Textiles.

[citation needed] With the Indian Government and non-governmental manufacturers, she developed and jointly produced lines of beadings, embroideries, and silks for the United States market.

[13] As CEO of Cleopatra Broumand, Inc., her second fashion venture, she presided over a diversified operation with productions in Italy and the Far East, distributing to two hundred top specialty stores and boutiques throughout America, Europe, and Japan.

[21] In this same season, with the cracked earth and coil motives, she premiered a collection of men's sweaters after actor Paul Newman inquired about menswear while attending an earlier womenswear trunk show and personal appearance in Beverly Hills.

The sword, falcon, and metallic glint of armor appeared in her fall 1986 designs which retained their softness in their knitted and silk textures or delicate embroidery as the breastplate inspired pieces did.

Celebrity clients included the likes of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Gloria Swanson, Elizabeth Taylor,[6] Joan Collins,[6] Linda Evans, Whitney Houston, Jill St. John,[6] Yue-Sai Kan, Elena Obraztsova, Shirley MacLaine, Oprah Winfrey, Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Luciano Pavarotti, as well as prominent personalities from the world of business and politics.

[32] Member of the International Research Council, Near East Museum of Ancient and Contemporary Art, The Marcos and Sabrina Grigorian Collection (Yerevan, Armenia).