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Khalid Alkhudair
Khalid Waleed Al Khudair is a Saudi entrepreneur, founder and chief executive of Glowork, a Riyadh employment platform for Saudi women, and the first Saudi Ashoka Fellow.
Khalid Almunif
Khalid Almunif is a Saudi proptech and fintech entrepreneur who co-founded Ejari, a Riyadh rent-now-pay-later platform, in 2022, after five years at the Public Investment Fund.
Khalid Ashmawy
Khalid Ashmawy is an Egyptian entrepreneur and computer scientist who co-founded the Dubai property technology company Huspy in 2020 and founded the neobank Munify in January 2025.
Khazna Tech
Khazna Tech is an Egyptian financial technology company founded in Cairo in 2019 that provides payroll, lending, payments, and insurance services to unbanked Egyptians through a mobile super app.
Kitopi
Kitopi (كيتوبي), short for Kitchen Utopia, is a Dubai-based food technology and restaurant company founded in January 2018, which raised $415 million from SoftBank in 2021.
Koby Katz
Koby Katz (Yacob Katz) is an Israeli energy executive who co-founded Navitas Petroleum in 2015, after serving as Director General of Israel's energy ministry and Co-CEO of Delek Energy.
Lamia Merzouki
Lamia Merzouki is a Moroccan business executive, chief operating officer of Casablanca Finance City since 2010 and chair of the World Alliance of International Financial Centers since 2024.
Lendo
Lendo is a Saudi Arabian fintech company, founded in 2019 by Osama Alraee and Mohamed Jawabri, operating a Shariah-compliant debt crowdfunding marketplace that finances invoices for small and medium-sized businesses.
Lucky Financial
Lucky, also branded Lucky ONE and Lucky Financial, is an Egyptian consumer fintech founded in Cairo in 2019, offering cashback, credit lines, and the Lucky One card.
Maher Loubieh
Maher Loubieh (ماهر لوبية) is a Saudi-based fintech entrepreneur who co-founded Hala Payments, serving small businesses in Saudi Arabia, and became Group CEO of HALA in 2025.
Mahmoud Nouh
Mahmoud Nouh, also printed Mahmoud Noah, is an Egyptian technology entrepreneur who co-founded Swvl in 2017, served as COO until 2019, and later co-founded Capiter, a Cairo marketplace that collapsed in 2022.
Manfred Meyer
Manfred Meyer is an e-commerce executive who co-founded and co-led Opontia, a Dubai-based company that buys and operates e-commerce brands, from 2021 until his departure in December 2024.
Manoochehr Sadri
Manoochehr Sadri (منوچهر صدری) is an Iranian technology executive who has led Cafe Bazaar, Iran's most popular Android app marketplace, as CEO since June 2025.
Marina Sylvia Caprotti
Marina Sylvia Caprotti (born 1978) is an Italian business executive who has led Esselunga, one of Italy's largest supermarket chains, as executive chairman since 2020 and chief executive since 2021.
Marius Nacht
Marius Nacht (Hebrew: מריוס נחט, born 1962) is an Israeli businessman who co-founded Check Point Software Technologies in 1993 and later co-founded the healthtech venture fund aMoon.
Mark Chahwan
Mark Chahwan is a Lebanese entrepreneur who co-founded Sarwa, an Abu Dhabi-based investing and personal finance platform, in December 2017 and serves as its Group CEO.
Mark Gazit
Mark Gazit is an Israeli-American technology entrepreneur who co-founded the financial-crime detection company ThetaRay in 2013 and served as its chief executive for a decade, until 2023.
Markafoni
Markafoni was a Turkish e-commerce company, an invitation-based private shopping club for fashion founded in Istanbul in 2008 by Sina Afra, which Naspers shut down in 2017.
Marwan Hachem
Marwan Hachem is a Lebanese payments executive who co-founded YAP, a Dubai-based digital banking company, serving as group chief executive after 20 years in payments.
Masdar
Masdar, formally the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, is the UAE's state-owned renewable energy company, established in Abu Dhabi in 2006 and jointly owned by TAQA, Mubadala, and ADNOC.
MaxAB
MaxAB is an Egyptian B2B e-commerce company founded in Cairo in 2018 by Belal El-Megharbel and Mohamed Ben Halim, supplying groceries to traditional retailers through an app.
Maxim Kurnikov
Maxim Kurnikov is an Israeli software entrepreneur known as a co-founder of Echo, a Haifa-based Y Combinator Winter 2023 startup building an AI sales co-pilot for B2B founders.
Mazen AlDarrab
Mazen AlDarrab is a Saudi technology entrepreneur who co-founded Zid, the Riyadh-based e-commerce enablement platform, in 2017, led its commercial growth, and became its chief executive officer in July 2025.
Michael Riabzev
Michael Riabzev is an Israeli cryptographer and entrepreneur, co-founder and Chief Architect of StarkWare Industries, founded in 2018 in Netanya, Israel, and co-author of the 2018 paper formalizing STARK proofs.
Mirabilis
Mirabilis was a Tel Aviv internet company that created ICQ, the first widely adopted instant messaging service, in 1996 and sold it to America Online in 1998 for $287 million.
Miznon
Miznon is an Israeli street-food pita restaurant chain founded in Tel Aviv in 2011 by chef Eyal Shani, known for its whole roasted baby cauliflower and run-over potato, with more than 25 locations worldwide.
Mohamad Ballout
Mohamad Ballout is a Dubai-based entrepreneur of Lebanese origin who co-founded the food technology company Kitopi in 2018 and serves as its chief executive officer.
Mohamed Jawabri
Mohamed Jawabri, also written Mohammed Jawabri, is a Saudi-based technology entrepreneur who co-founded the Riyadh debt-crowdfunding platform Lendo in 2019 and serves as its chief operating officer.
Mohammad Alashmawi
Mohammad Alashmawi is a Saudi education-technology entrepreneur who co-founded Classera, an e-learning company founded in Silicon Valley, where he has served as Chief of Venture Builder since January 2025.
Mohammed Akkar
Mohammed Akkar, also printed as Mohammed Al-Johi, is a Saudi entrepreneur who founded Jisr, a Riyadh-based HR and payroll software company that raised a $30 million Series A in 2023.