Family Business Histories - The Founding Years

The Founding Years
Successful Family Businesses and their Founders

The Family Business Histories project is a globally unique research project started by the Tharawat Family Business Forum and NYU Abu Dhabi with the goal to research the entrepreneurial legacy of family-owned enterprises in MENASA.

About the Program

This session will explore some of the fascinating founder stories of leading enterprises in our region. Experts and family business members will highlight and analyze the social, economic and business challenges these founders faced whilst starting their journeys decades ago. Creating an understanding around the drive and attributes of founders of long-lasting enterprises will allow us to extract learning points for today’s leaders and entrepreneurs.

Participation upon invitation only.

SPEAKERS:

• Abdullah Ali Almajdouie, President, Almajdouie Group, KSA
• Mustafa Koita, Founder and CEO, Koita, UAE
• Robyn Brazzil, Director, Start AD, NYUAD
• Farida El Agamy, GM, Tharawat Family Business Forum
• Martin Klimke, Vice Provost for Academic Policies and Governance, Program Head of History Associate Professor of History, NYUAD

For questions please contact [email protected]

Get a first insight into the worldwide unique research program between the New York University Abu Dhabi and Tharawat Family Business Forum. Read more about this unique project here!

In Partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi