Entrepreneur Middle East Staff | Page 7

Rami Wahood rose through the firm, becoming Associate Director in 2019, Executive Director in 2020, and Associate Partner in 2023.

Ben Bandari is the founder and CEO of BenCo. Real Estate in Dubai, with more than 20 years of experience in the market, career sales exceeding AED25 billion, and leadership on landmark developments including Palazzo Versace and D1 Tower.

Conor McKay, Director at Dubai Sotheby’s International Realty, is known as the “Billionaire’s Broker” for closing some of Dubai’s highest-profile ultra-prime property deals and advising global investors on luxury real estate opportunities.

Lewis Allsopp is the British-born entrepreneur and co-founder and chairman of Allsopp & Allsopp, one of Dubai’s most prominent independent brokerages.

Abdullah Al Ajaji is the Founder and CEO of Driven | Forbes Global Properties, leading the growth of the company from nine members into a firm of over 650 professionals.

Zeina Khalil Khoury is the founder and CEO of Zed Capital Real Estate, a Dubai-based real estate advisory and development company supporting developers, investors, and property owners across the UAE.

Firas Al Msaddi is the Founder and CEO of fäm Properties, Dubai’s largest real estate brokerage, which he transformed into a leading technology-driven company with more than 900 professionals across 23 branches.

Riad Gohar is the Co-Founder and CEO of BlackOak Real Estate, bringing more than 20 years of experience and around US$2 billion in real estate transactions across Dubai’s property market.

Steven Leckie is a UK-born Dubai real estate professional with more than two decades of market experience, specialising in overseas and expat buyers with a focus on knowledge, integrity, and service.

Bardia Eshghi, Founder and Managing Director of Grand Lux Properties, is a trusted advisor in Dubai’s prime and ultra-prime real estate market, known for landmark transactions and a reputation built on discretion and integrity.

Homevy, a Dubai-based short-term rental management company, did not initially set out to build a software product. It initially focused on improving its own operations, which later shaped the company’s broader approach.

The new founder finance solution provides eligible businesses with more than AED10,000 in first-year value.

Rather than providing clinical services, the new facility will serve as a research and development hub focused on artificial intelligence, biomedical research, and clinical practice.

“Confidence is valuable only while it remains accountable to evidence” is the principle running through much of his work.

The BVI-incorporated vehicle is building a $150 million fund structured to generate up to $720 million in film-IP monetisation, converting Indian film IP into a tokenized, rights-based asset class from its UAE regional base, with plans to expand into Arabic content, aviation and real estate.

Dubai Future Foundation and Oxa have launched the Autonomous Logistics Future Lab to develop, test and deploy autonomous logistics technologies in Dubai.

Businesses were becoming increasingly data-driven, yet many people still made important decisions about their health based on broad advice intended for millions of different bodies.

After more than 25 years advising collectors and investing across the global art market, art advisor and investor Anna Namit believes the future of wealth will be shaped by both innovation and timeless value. “Many entrepreneurs feel they are living through one of the most significant periods of wealth creation in modern history,” Namit says. […]

AI can support the journey, but real impact comes from how deeply you understand your business and audience. Staying up to date with technology and educating your organization can lead you to the best result.

The broader education landscape further highlights why scalable implementation deserves greater attention.

A conversation with Mountasser Hachem, Founder and Chairman of Monty Holding

Alpay outlines how Network International is preparing for this next chapter by building the infrastructure, trust, and compliance layers required to support intelligent, AI-enabled transactions across the region.

The Board approved an interim dividend of 47.5 fils per share, up 10.5% from the same period last year.

El Etreby has worked across senior executive roles within the Egyptian banking sector, focusing on commercial banking and financial management.

Prior to founding Tarabut in 2017, he also founded Almoayed Technologies

Usman is currently a Board Member of Bahrain Islamic Bank, SICO Bank, GCC-BDI Institute, Bahrain Association of Banks and Injaz Bahrain.

Before joining Deutsche Bank, he served as CEO of the Libyan Investment Authority.

Born in Georgia and raised in the United States after immigrating with his family, Khemchan began working as a teenager. Delivering newspapers was not symbolic of ambition at the time; it was practical. Income contributed to stability. Responsibility was immediate. Effort translated directly into outcome. That early exposure to earned capital shaped a lasting orientation […]

He has led its expansion across the Middle East and other international markets. He also founded the Association of Lebanese Software Industry (ALSI).

The company is a licensed processor for both Visa and Mastercard and serves banks, fintech companies