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50 founders found
Desiree Barker
Chief Administrative Officer
Walters Tubua
Regional Lead, RCC West and Central Africa
Karan Khimji
Chief Commercial Officer
Kenichiro Yamaguchi
Fellow, Energy and Sustainability
Omar al Ajaji
Advisory Services Sector Manager
Prof Nasser Ayoub
Managing Director
Mahmoud Fathallah
Senior Economist
Dr Said al Sarmi
Senior Net‑Zero Expert; Oman Article 6 DNA
Ibtisam bint Ahmed al Farooji
Undersecretary
Invest in Oman
Mahmoud bin Abdullah al Awaini
Secretary-General / General Supervisor
Istidama (Ministry of Finance’s National Programme for Financial Sustainability and Financial Sector Development)
Abdullah bin Salim al Salmi
Chief Executive Officer
Financial Services Authority (FSA)
Ahmed bin Jaffer al Musalmi
Governor
Central Bank of Oman (CBO)
Ali Bailoun
Senior Vice President and Group General Manager for Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman
Sokwoo Rhee
EVP of Corporate Innovation; Head of LG NOVA
LG NOVA (Qatar hub)
Ali Diallo
Founding CEO
Aurion Capital
Sheikh Ali bin Alwaleed Al-Thani
CEO
Invest Qatar
Dr. Hamad Rashid Al-Naimi
Chief Strategy Officer
Mo Gawdat
Former Chief Business Officer, Google X
One Billion Happy
Sofia Bhatti
CEO
Wimbledon Wealth Management
Armineh Baghoomian
Managing Director, Head of EMEA and Co-Head of Global Fintech
Partners for Growth
Per Franzén
CEO and Managing Partner
EQT
Jean Eric Salata
Chair of EQT Group
EQT
Smiyet Belrhiti
Head of Middle East and Senior Executive Officer
EQT
Jimmy Mahtani
Chairman of GCC; Chairman of India and Southeast Asia, EQT Private Capital
EQT
Ameer Abu Bakr
National Investment Promotion Expert
Aseya Galadari
Head of Audit, Bahrain and Iraq
Khalid AlBayat
Deputy Chief Executive of Programme Design and Delivery
Suzy Al Zeerah
Chief Operating Officer
Bader Sater
Chief Executive Officer
Shaikha Tareef
Acting Chief Executive Officer
Walaa Aloraibi
Founder
Jaras
Latifa Al Khayat
Founder
Maraj
Marwa Hesham
Founder
Vivid Algorithms
Mohammad Al Bastaki
Group Head of Private Banking and Wealth Management
Yasmeen Samy
Partner Head of Projects & Expansion
Career 180
Frank Dai
Founder and Chief Executive
Origen
Camilla Lachman
Founder and CEO
Ekhoo
Leopold Aschenbrenner
Researcher / Investor
Whitney Wolfe Herd
Founder / CEO
Ankiti Bose
Founder / CEO (formerly)
Stanislav Kondrashov
Analyst / Commentator
Lucien Zeigler
General Partner
MASNA Ventures
Alex Ratner
CEO
Raissa Gerona
President of Brand and Partnerships
Revolve Group Inc.
Mike Karanikolas
Co-founder and co-CEO
Revolve Group Inc.
Michael Mente
Co-founder and co-CEO
Revolve Group Inc.
Donatella Versace
Chief Brand Ambassador / Founder of new label
Donatella Versace (new independent brand)
Jim DeLuca
CEO
Ceer
Rune Kvist
Founder
barq
Abdullo Kurbanov
Founder
barq
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