Samih Toukan

In the year 2000 Samih founded and became the CEO of Maktoob.com the world's first Arabic email and largest Arab Online community. In 2005 Samih cofounded Souq.com, the Arab Worlds largest e-commerce site. In 2009 Maktoob was acquired by Yahoo! and in 2017 Souq.com was acquired by Amazon in the largest technology acquisition deals in the history of the region.

Samih is currently the Chairman of Jabbar Internet Group (Jabbar.com). Jabbar today is one of the leading investors in Internet and technology companies in the region.

Samih holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of London and a Masters in Management and International Business from HEC University in France.

In 2009 Samih received Al Hussein Medal for Distinguished Performance of the First Order from His Majesty King Abdullah II in recognition of his contribution to the IT and Telecommunications sector in Jordan and the region.

In 2016 Samih received the Social Media Entrepreneurship Award for the private sector from His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashed al Maktoom in Dubai.