Fadi Ghandour
1959 – present
Fadi Ghandour is a Jordanian-Lebanese entrepreneur who co-founded the logistics company Aramex in Amman in 1982 and served as its chief executive officer for three decades. Under his leadership Aramex became the first Arab company to list on the Nasdaq stock market. He is also an investor in Middle Eastern technology start-ups and the founder of the entrepreneurship platform Wamda and the community organisation Ruwwad.
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Life events
Son of Ali Ghandour, who later headed Royal Jordanian airline.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe family settled in Jordan, where his father worked in civil aviation.
He took his undergraduate degree in Washington, D.C.
He established the express delivery and logistics company with William Kingson.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgIt was the first company from the Arab world to be listed on Nasdaq.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe company was delisted from Nasdaq in a transaction backed by the private equity firm Abraaj Capital.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe company returned to public markets with a listing in Dubai.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgA community development organisation working with disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Jordan and elsewhere in the region.
A media platform and investment vehicle supporting entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa.
He handed over the chief executive role and continued as vice chairman of the board.
Source: en.wikipedia.org