Lethbridge joined Commercial Bank in July 2017. In 2023, the Commercial Bank of Qatar reported $45.2 billion in total assets and a net profit of $827 million. It had a market value of $5.8 billion as ...

Tinubu-Karch joined Sidra Medicine in November 2022. Sidra Medicine is an entity of the Qatar Foundation, and fosters precision medicine, education, scientific discovery and research. It works closely ...

El Sayed has been CEO and managing director of ARTIC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Al Faisal Holding, since 2017. ARTIC’s current portfolio includes over 35 hotels and projects in the Middle East and ...

Zainal founded Arzan VC in 2013, before which he worked at the Global Investment House’s private equity department. The firm made its 47th investment in U.A.E.-based ERP provider Hulexo in August 2024 ...

أصبحت منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا مركزًا حيويًا للابتكار وريادة الأعمال، وأسهمت في تشكيل بيئة ديناميكية للشركات الناشئة. وفي العقد ...

Four years ago, FORBES MIDDLE EAST launched its first ranking of powerful Arab women in the business world. Compared to 2012, more are in top positions this year—which explains why 15 names fell off ...

Karl Marco launched the independent digital wallet Raseedy in Egypt after securing a non-telco and non-bank mobile wallet license from the Central Bank of Egypt in 2020. Raseedy was acquired by ...

The siblings, Malek Gedeon and Tara Gedeon, cofounded the Gedeon Group in 2019 along with their brother Michel (above 30) in the U.A.E. continuing their family heritage that began in 1949 when their ...

Mohamad Jad El Fakhani, known as “Wolfofbey” on social media, is the founder and CEO of Beycom LLC, a company that launches, acquires, and invests in online e-commerce businesses. Its subsidiaries ...

The last few months have been tough for listed businesses in the Middle East, with many experiencing a sharp drop in market value due to the coronavirus effect on stock markets worldwide. However, by ...

I am a staff writer at Forbes covering retail. I’m particularly interested in entrepreneurs who are finding success in a tough and changing landscape. I have been at Forbes since 2013, first on the ...

Co-founded by Mohamed Maged and Moaz El-Megharbel, mtor is an online B2B marketplace that empowers local car mechanics with access to high-quality parts, financing options, and training on new ...