He previously served as chief business officer for Google X and is the author of the books Solve for Happy[1][2] and Scary Smart.

[4] Gawdat studied civil engineering at Ain Shams University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1990.

[5] He began his career at IBM Egypt as a systems engineer, before moving to a sales role in the government sector.

[6] Moving to the United Arab Emirates, he joined NCR Abu Dhabi to cover the non-finance sector.

[9] In 2021, Gawdat published Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World through Macmillan.