You know Fadi Ghandour is the region’s father of entrepreneurship when he says, “I want to invest, make money, prove to people that it’s [MENA] where they should invest, and then I’ll retire.”
The founder of courier firm Aramex might have sold his shares, but that does not mean he is slowing down. The Jordanian businessman and now manager partner at Wamda Capital continues to be the much-needed support system for many start-ups in the region.
Speaking at the Arabian Business Digital Forum in 2016, Ghandour implored investors to fund start-ups in their early stages. “To feed the ecosystem, to create the jobs, to build the digital disruption in the region, you need to have angel investors,” he said.
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