Fadi Ghandour

Executive Chairman and Managing Partner at Wamda Capital · Joined 2015

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Biography

Fadi Ghandour is Executive Chairman and Managing Partner of Wamda Capital and Executive Chairman of Wamda Group, the MENA entrepreneurship platform he established in 2010. He co-founded Aramex in 1982 and led it as CEO for around three decades, taking it public in 1997 as the first Arab company from the Middle East to list on a US stock exchange. He was an early investor in Maktoob, which Yahoo acquired in 2009, and subsequently launched MENA Venture Investments, backing more than 110 companies. He chairs Ruwwad for Development, which focuses on community engagement and social entrepreneurship. Since 2019 he has funded Wamda Capital's evergreen vehicle with his personal capital rather than raising third-party institutional funds.

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

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Board Seats

Career Timeline

1982
Launched Aramex, later serving as CEO for around 30 years.
1997
Aramex became the first Arab company from the Middle East to list on a US stock exchange.
2010
Established Wamda to accelerate MENA entrepreneurship ecosystems.
2015
Launched Wamda Capital Fund I, a US$70 million venture fund.
2019
Moved Wamda Capital to an evergreen structure funded by his personal capital.

Sources & References

Wamda Capital team page ↗Wamda Capital – Our Story ↗