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Mohamed El Yacoubi
Founder & CEO, AlamJadid.com
Morocco

Mohamed El Yacoubi is currently the chief executive officer of AlamJadid.com, the largest Arab social network. He started his company at age 19 and raised over $500,000 from foreign venture capitalist firms. He was named Best Young Entrepreneur in 2013 by the World Investment Conferences (WIC) and was selected by the U.S.

government to represent Morocco as an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) delegate in September 2013. Mohamed is very involved with his local community and has become a frequent TEDx speaker across Morocco. He also helped found the Start up Your life initiative, helping to build the right ecosystem for Moroccan entrepreneurs and startups. Mohamed was recently selected as a Global Shaper for the Casablanca hub by the World Economic Forum.