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Abdulaziz B. Al Loughani
Abdulaziz B. Al Loughani, also written Abdulaziz Al Loughani, is a Kuwaiti entrepreneur who co-founded the online flower and gifting company Floward in 2017 and earlier led Talabat.com.
Abdulmajeed Alsukhan
Abdulmajeed Alsukhan (عبدالمجيد الصيخان) is a Saudi entrepreneur who co-founded the Riyadh-based buy now, pay later fintech Tamara in 2020 and serves as its chief executive officer.
Abdulmohsen Albabtain
Abdulmohsen Albabtain is a Saudi technology entrepreneur who co-founded Tamara, the Riyadh-based buy-now-pay-later firm that became Saudi Arabia's first homegrown fintech unicorn, serving as chief product officer until 2025.
Ahmad AlZaini
Ahmad AlZaini is a Saudi technology entrepreneur who co-founded Foodics in 2014 and leads it as chief executive officer; the Riyadh company raised $198 million and operates in 35 countries.
Ahmed Alsamani
Ahmed Alsamani, also rendered Ahmad Alsamani, is a Saudi technology entrepreneur who co-founded the Riyadh grocery delivery platform Nana and served as its Chief Product Officer until 2022.
Ahmed Hamdan
Ahmed Hamdan is a Saudi software engineer who co-founded Unifonic, a Riyadh-based customer engagement platform, with his brother Hassan, raising $140 million from SoftBank and Sanabil Investments.
Anas Zaidan
Anas Zaidan is a Saudi payments entrepreneur who co-founded YAP, the Dubai digital banking platform launched in 2021, and earlier founded payroll card provider C3 Card in 2007.
Andy Arenas
Andy Arenas, full name Andres Arenas, is a Peruvian business executive who co-founded Kitopi, the Dubai-based food technology company, in January 2018 as chief property officer.
Antti Arponen
Antti Arponen is a Finnish fintech entrepreneur, co-founder of the Abu Dhabi payments company Pyypl, which he led as Group CEO from January 2020 to September 2024.
Ayman Alsanad
Ayman Alsanad is a Saudi software engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded the Riyadh-based delivery platform Mrsool (مرسول) in 2015 and served as its chief executive for 11 years.
Bader Ataya
Bader Ataya is a UAE-based technology entrepreneur who co-founded Dubai's cloud-kitchen company Kitopi in January 2018, serving as Chief Growth Officer, and earlier co-founded Mumzworld.com.
Bakr Elsherif
Bakr Elsherif is a Saudi technology entrepreneur known as a founder of Nana, the Riyadh grocery and quick-commerce delivery platform launched in 2016, where he led data and platform.
Classera
Classera is a San Francisco-based education technology company founded by Mohammad Almadani and Mohammad Alashmawi, which raised $40 million led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund in 2022.
Dani Molina Carmona
Dani Molina Carmona is a Spanish technology entrepreneur and software engineer who co-founded Postpay, a leading Gulf buy-now-pay-later fintech founded in Dubai in 2019, and served as its chief technology officer.
Daniil Barkalov
Daniil Barkalov is a Russian-born fintech executive, co-founder and chief operating officer of Tabby, the buy-now-pay-later company launched in Dubai in 2019 and valued at $6.5 billion in 2026.
Ebrahim Al-Jassim
Ebrahim Aljassim is a Saudi entrepreneur who founded HungerStation in 2012, led it until his 2019 termination by Delivery Hero, and later founded the quick-commerce company Ninja.
Ejari
Ejari is a Riyadh-based financial technology company founded in 2022 that offers rent-now-pay-later for residential rentals in Saudi Arabia, paying landlords up front and collecting monthly installments.
ekar
ekar is a Dubai-based car-sharing company founded in 2016 by Vilhelm Hedberg and Ravi Bhusari, pioneering free-floating, pay-per-minute car rental in the Gulf before expanding to Saudi Arabia in 2019.
Esam Al-Nahdi
Esam Alnahdi is a Saudi fintech entrepreneur who co-founded HALA, a Riyadh-based financial platform for small businesses that raised a $157 million Series B in 2025.
Etisalat Group
Etisalat Group, formally Emirates Telecommunications Group Company, is a telecommunications group founded in Abu Dhabi in 1976 and operating across the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Fahad Albedah
Fahad Albedah (فهد البداح) is a Saudi technology executive who co-founded Ejari, a Riyadh-based proptech offering Rent Now, Pay Later for residential rentals, and serves as its chief technology officer.
Floward
Floward is an online flower and gifting e-commerce company founded in Kuwait in 2017 by Abdulaziz B. Al Loughani and Mohammed Al Arifi, now based in Saudi Arabia.
Foodics
Foodics is a Saudi Arabian restaurant technology and fintech company founded in Riyadh in 2014 by Ahmad AlZaini and Mosab AlOthmani, serving over 40,000 restaurant branches.
Gaurav Biswas
Gaurav Biswas is an entrepreneur and the co-founder and chief executive of TruKKer, a digital freight platform often described as an "Uber for trucks," founded in 2016.
Ghassab Al-Mandeel
Ghassab Al-Mandeel (غصاب المنديل) is a Saudi technology founder and co-founder and CEO of Jahez, a Riyadh-based food-delivery group that listed on Nomu in 2022 at a $2.4 billion valuation.
GITEX Global
GITEX Global is an annual technology and AI trade exhibition in Dubai, first held in 1981 as the Gulf Computer Exhibition and described as the world's largest tech and AI event.
Glowork
Glowork is a Riyadh-based Saudi recruitment organization founded in 2011 to place Saudi women in jobs, co-founded by Khalid Alkhudair and valued at US$32 million in 2013.
Hala
Hala, formerly known as HalalaH, is a Riyadh-based financial technology company founded by Esam Alnahdi and Maher Loubieh that provides banking, payments, and financing services to Saudi SMEs.
Hassan Hamdan (Saudi entrepreneur)
Hassan Hamdan is a Saudi entrepreneur who co-founded Unifonic, a Riyadh-based customer engagement platform, in 2006 with his brother Ahmed, serving as its chief technology officer.
Hosam Arab
Hosam Arab is a technology entrepreneur, co-founder and chief executive of Tabby, the buy-now-pay-later fintech he launched in Dubai in 2019 that became the Middle East's most valuable fintech, after co-founding Namshi.