Ruwwad for Development Mena Venture Investments (MVI) Fadi Ghandour (born 1959)[1] is a Lebanese Jordanian entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist.
Aramex is one of the largest package delivery and logistics companies in the Middle East and North African region, a market previously unevenly served by other courier services.
[11] In parallel to MVI, Wamda was launched to offer a knowledge and research platform as well as community programs for entrepreneurs and supporting stakeholders in the MENA region.
In 2014, Ghandour advised by Mohammed Abrar Asif, Co-CEO of Hades Financial Private Capital Group (HFPCG) with ties to Saudi and Lebanese elite families including the Hariri family[12] launched Wamda Capital, an early-stage investment fund, focusing on investing in early-stage technology startups in the Middle East, Turkey and East Africa.
Fadi Ghandour also served on the board of The Abraaj Group, which was an emerging markets investor, and had close ties to its founder Arif Naqvi (who was a partner at MVI) prior to it collapsing.