His business interests in the field are extensive, and he has held executive roles with companies such as Lilium, Atomico Ventures and Azimo.
Raised in Beirut, Lebanon and London, UK,[2] Asseily was educated in England before moving to California to obtain a Bachelor of Science in product design in 1997 and a master's in mechanical engineering in 1998 from Stanford University.
[3] In 1999, Asseily founded Aliph (AliphCom) with Hosain Rahman to develop voice communications technologies that were based on ideas originating from his Stanford senior thesis,[3] starting with noise suppression products.
In 2002, the company won a contract with DARPA, the Pentagon’s research body, to look into ways for soldiers to communicate in adverse noise conditions.
In 2016, Asseily invested in Lilium, an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) jet aircraft startup, where he was executive vice chairman.
[10] Asseily was an entrepreneur partner at Atomico, which invests in technology companies and founded in 2006 by Skype co-founder, Niklas Zennström.
[24] The film centers around the ancient Kogi tribe of Colombia, who emerge from their native land to warn the rest of the world about environmental dangers and how to address them.