Founders & Leaders

Sam Kamra

Founder

Toronto, Canada

Sam Kamra is a Toronto real estate sales representative with RE/MAX Millennium Real Estate and the founder of Listing.ca and BTCHome.ca, MLS-powered real estate search platforms. He is known as one of Canada's go-to experts for buying real estate with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Elias boueiz

Co-founder & Ceo

Beirut,lebanon

Elias Boueiz is a young entrepreneur and the Founder & CEO of Econic Atelier, a contemporary apparel brand focused on distinctive design and creative identity. He is also a Junior Researcher with the Arab Hospitals Federation, contributing to the AHF–WHO EMRO scoping review on Artificial Intelligence in hospitals.

Ghina Itani

Founder

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Ghina Itani spent more than twenty years inside the region's boardrooms and communications functions, leading brand, reputation and growth work through launches, mergers, crises and transformations across the GCC and MENA

Chris J. Armache

Founder & Managing Partner, Tutorak

Lebanon

Chris Armache is a business strategist and operator who rose to executive leadership across a six-company group while still at university. He is the founder of Tutorak, a student-development platform connecting academic achievement with professional opportunity.

Hussein Daher

Founder

Beirut, Lebanon

Hussein Daher is a hacker who has spent over a decade breaking into the world’s biggest companies, legally. From Google and Facebook to Microsoft and Apple, he has uncovered vulnerabilities others missed, with 2,000+ confirmed findings across 1,000+ security programs. Today, he is the founder of WebImmunify and Umbra, building technology to hack companies before the bad guys do.

Jessy Shaanin

Founder & CEO

Beirut

Jessy Shaanin is the Founder & CEO of SouqMetrics, a MENA-focused e-commerce analytics platform. A Lebanese growth marketer with more than 14 years of experience across GCC markets, she built SouqMetrics entirely from scratch to help brands and agencies turn scattered data into clearer, faster decisions.

Kaysar Daou

Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer

Lebanon

I am a creative force working at the intersection of design, technology, and entrepreneurship. Starting as a passionate graphic designer, I expanded my journey into motion graphics, animation, web development, and AI-powered innovation. Today, I help corporates, NGOs, SMEs, and individuals elevate their digital presence, build meaningful brands, and harness AI to create smarter, faster, and more impactful work.

Sandra Helou

Co-Founder & COO

Sandra Helou is a 3x founder with over 14 + years of experience and 2x successful acquisitions.

Karim Fawaz

Founder & CEO

London, United Kingdom

Karim Fawaz is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur and the Founder & CEO of PLAYBACK, the operating system for sports. An engineer who's worked with Amazon, Google, Uber, and Improbable, he's building PLAYBACK to give the 99% the elite tools once reserved for the top 1% — now powering 75,000+ players across 25+ clubs in 10+ countries. From Manchester City to the Junior Premier League.

Adam Yakoub Abdallah

Founder & CEO, Forsa

South, Lebanon

Founder of Forsa, a recruitment technology platform modernizing hiring in Lebanon by connecting job seekers with verified opportunities and enabling companies to manage recruitment through structured digital workflows.

Rabih Bader

Co-founder & CTO

Jounieh, Lebanon

Rabih is the CTO & Co-Founder of To AI, a Lebanese AI startup building practical AI solutions for businesses. With a strong technical background and passion for innovation, he leads the development of To AI’s AI Suite, including Sales Aigent, helping companies automate sales, improve customer engagement, and adopt AI in a simple, measurable, and impactful way.

Maroun Mezher

Founder

Beirut, Lebanon

Founder of CodeMind Academy and Senior Mechatronics Engineering student at Lebanese American University (LAU), focused on blending coding education with career exploration through immersive, game-based learning experiences for young students across the MENA region.