Meet the Founders
Connect with the visionary entrepreneurs driving innovation across the MENA startup ecosystem. Discover their stories and achievements.
50 founders found
Dina Saleh
Special Envoy for the Middle East
Irene Corpuz
Founding Partner
Women in Cyber Security Middle East
Dr. E. Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, IFS
Consul General of India in Dubai
Preckon
Mr. Sundeep Kumar Makthala
Regional market-entry & stakeholder engagement lead (facilitator)
Preckon
Mr. Uma Mahesh Mukkara
Technology entrepreneur, Co‑Founder of Preckon
Preckon
Mr. Sreedhar Gonepally (Sunny)
Co-Founder, CEO & Co‑Founder of AIGCC LLC‑FZ
Preckon
Dr. Ahmed El‑Bassiouny
Head of the Stroke Unit
Otto Williams
SVP, Regional Head and General Manager, Middle East and Africa
stc pay Bahrain
Metin Zavrak
CEO
stc pay Bahrain
Sarah Curtis
Co‑founder
Good Husband
Zainab Imichi Alhassan
Co‑founder
Good Husband
Talat Zaki Hafiz
Economist and Financial Analyst
Al Rajhi Bank
Ahmad Al-Harbi
Author/Researcher
Al Rajhi Bank
Hussein Talal Bayari
General Manager, Corporate Banking
Al Rajhi Bank
Aamir Shouket
Ambassador to Egypt
Mohamed Awad
CEO
Rajesh Khanna
CEO
Wealthbrix Capital Partners Limited
Jit Bhattacharya
Executive / Guest speaker (of noted company BasiGo)
Firoz Tarapore
CEO
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE)
Djibril Ouattara
Minister of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation
Amer Azani
Angel investor
Hamad Mubark Al-Hajri
Angel investor
Salman Moghimi
Angel investor
Dharmendra Ghai
Angel investor
Fatima Al-Kuwari
Angel investor
Zainab Khamis
Managing Director
Soor
Qasim Albaqali
Co-founder
Soor
Mahmood Dhaif
Founder
Soor
Arsene Wenger
Chief of Global Football Development
FIFA
Gianni Infantino
President
FIFA
Prince Marfo
Spokesperson
WATTSC
Rami Qawasmi
CEO
Mawdoo3.com
Sanal Kumar
Chairman
Classic Fashion Apparel Industry
Tareq Darwazeh
Chief Executive for Middle East and North Africa Operations
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Mazen Mohamed AL-Morshedy
Associate
Eloho Omame
Partner
Lexi Novitske
General Partner
Justin Stanford
Partner
Ibrahim Sagna
Executive Chairman
Dr. Mohamed Farid Saleh
Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade
Piyush Goyal
Commerce and Industry Minister
Aravind Mani
Chief Executive
Ava Gardner
Editor and daily contributor
Jobin Joejoe
Managing Director, Sony Middle East and Africa
Sony Middle East and Africa
Saif Al-Ali
Director - Licensing and Free Zone Management
Dubai South Business Hub Free Zone
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
President
Xi Jinping
President
Mohamed El-Homsany
Government spokesperson
Mostafa Madbouly
Prime Minister
Mohamed al‑Emadi
Executive Director, Incubation and Venture Capital Investment
Multiverse Computing
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