Habib Haddad

Webit Speaker, CEO of Wamda

Habib is an entrepreneur and early stage investor. He is currently the CEO of Wamda, a platform to accelerate the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the MENA region and invests in its most promising startups. He also founded of Yamli the leading Arabic transliteration and smart search engine which is used by millions of users and empowers many organizations including Yahoo!. In 2009, the World Economic Forum recognized Habib as a Young Global Leader and was named as a top innovator under 35 (TR35) by the MIT Technology review in 2011. He currently serves on the Global Agenda Council on fostering entrepreneurship.