One of the region’s most celebrated entrepreneurs has passed away amid unexplained circumstances in Amman, Jordan.
Soraya Salti, 45, one of the founders of non-profit organisation Injaz Al Arab, was found dead alongside her sister, Jumana, 37, in the Jweidah area of the city.
The Jordan Times quoted a security source as saying that the two sisters had committed suicide by jumping from a building site, although the source added that investigations were ongoing.
Both sisters were successful businesswomen.
In 2001, Soraya Salti took over Injaz, which aims to drive youth education, financial literacy and entrepreneurialism among young people across the Arab world. Since then, the organisation has helped over two million students in the region.
In 2006, Soraya was awarded the 2006 Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year for Jordan. She had featured several times on CEO Middle East magazine’s list of the 100 most influential Arab women.
Jumana was a director at PwC’s Advisory Group, based in Dubai. She had previously worked at the Royal Court of Jordan for four years on economic and socio-economic national strategies in King Abdullah’s Economic Department, and later headed Queen Rania’s strategic planning function and education portfolio.
On Twitter, Aramex founder Fadi Ghandour described Soraya as “a great inspirational Arab leader”
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