Talal Abu-Ghazaleh (Arabic: طلال أبو غزالة; born 22 April 1938) is a Jordanian-Palestinian businessman, entrepreneur, and the founder and chairman of the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org), an international company headquartered in Jordan.
He has been recognized for his role in promoting intellectual property rights in the Arab world.
His father was a businessperson dealing with oil companies, and his mother was of Syrian descent from Damascus.
[2] Abu-Ghazaleh attended the American University of Beirut, where he began his career as a teacher and translator while still a student.
[3] In 1969, Abu-Ghazaleh founded his own firms specializing in accounting and intellectual property rights.