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50 founders found
Masayoshi Son
Founder and Chief Executive
SoftBank Group
Penny Chai
Vice President, APAC
Leona Gan
Director of Business Development
Maaz Sheikh
CEO
STARZPLAY
Syed Majid Uddin
Saudi regional partner
Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd.
Faraz Ali Khan
Saudi regional partner
Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd.
Randy Koroll
Chief Executive Officer
Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd.
Fahad Mohammed Al Ajlan
Chief Shared Services Officer
AJEX
Daniel Souers
President and CEO
Austin Wentzlaff
Co-Founder and CEO
Alessandro Prunas
Ambassador of Italy to Tunis
Eng. Bader Al Zidi
Chief Executive Officer
Vodafone Oman
Talal Hasan
Founder and CEO
44.01
Amine Ben Khalifa
Co-founder
Atta
Omar Shaik
Co-founder
Atta
Usman Ahmed
Group Chief Executive
National Bank of Bahrain (NBB)
H.E. Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri
Minister of Economy and Tourism
Saleh Lootah
Chairman
UAE Food Cluster
Sarah Shaw
CEO
MAJRA
H.E. Sarah Abdelaziz Al Nuaimi
CEO
Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa)
Rachid Maalouli
Managing Director, Nestlé Coastal Arabia Cluster
Nestlé UAE
Dina Mongy
Associate Director and Head of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability
Nestlé UAE
Mohammed bin Mubarak Bin Daina
Minister of Oil and Environment and Special Envoy for Climate Affairs
Mishari Al-Judaimi
Chairman
Foulath Holding
Abdullah Al Hameli
CEO for Economic Cities and Free Zones
AD Ports Group
Mohamed Mohsen
Co-Founder and CEO
ParlexAI
Ben Horowitz
Investor / Founder (prominent technology investor)
Echelon
Brian McCarthy
Vice President of Global Sales
OpenAI
Ismail Elmas
Vice President, EMEA Sales
OpenAI
Eric Xing
President and Professor
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)
Dr. Vikramjit Singh Sahney
National Executive Member; Rajya Sabha MP
Dr. Ali bin Harmal Al Dhaheri
First Vice Chairman
Rami Tawfiq
Director
Dubai Business Associates
Simon Corkill
CEO
Falcon and Associates
Suvo Sarkar
Senior official
Patrick Soon Shiong
Investor
Jannie Mouton
Co-founder
Michiel le Roux
Co-founder
Maurice Clin
Co‑founder
Olivier Beg
Co‑founder
Rogier Fischer
Chief Executive
Engin Er
Exhibition Director
Growtech Middle East (Growtech)
Alan Kelly
Commercial & Strategy Director
InD Group
Sultan Salem Al Shamsi
Director General
UAE National Agriculture Centre
Janees Reghelini
Head of Communications MEA
Redington
Rawad Ayash
President, Saudi Arabia
Redington
Chidambaram S
President, Supply Chain & ProConnect
ProConnect
Sanjay Saini
Trader / Investor / Content Creator
Saqr Ereiqat
Secretary General / Board Member
Marmin.ai
Khalifa Aljaziri Alshehhi
Managing Director
MalyPay
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