Syrian technology entrepreneur.

He is the co-founder of “Souq.com” (acquired by Amazon), and Vice President of “Amazon” for the Middle East and North Africa region since May 2019.

He is a member of the Advisory Board of “Harvard Business Review Arabia”, a member of the Board of Trustees of the “Dubai Future Academy” since 2019, and a member of the Board of Directors of the “Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy” since June 30, 2021.

He previously held the position of CEO of “Souq.com” from its founding in 2005 until 2019, when it was acquired by Amazon.com

Before that, he held the position of a technical and systems consultant with the “EDS” company in the US, and in 2000 he led a consulting company that worked on many web and e-commerce projects on the Internet in the Arab world.

Forbes Middle East ranked him among the “Top 50 Regional CEOs of the World’s Largest Companies 2020”.

He holds a master’s degree in digital communications from Northeastern University in Boston, USA and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the same university.