TEDxBeirut - Hala Fadel - God is an entrepreneur

Hala Fadel
Chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum of the pan Arab region
www.mitarabcompetition.com
Facebook: hala fadel
Twitter: @halafrangie
Hala is chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan-Arab region and has laid the efforts to organize the MIT Arab Business Plan competition, which is now in its fifth year with over 3,000 participants every year from 17 Arab countries. She is also a European Equity Fund Manager at Comgest. The Group has $13bn under management, all run for institutions in Europe and the middle east. Comgest is characterized by a tried and tested management style, focused exclusively on the investment in a limited number of quality growth listed companies. Hala also runs the islamic funds practice within Comgest. Prior to joining Comgest, she was an analyst and associate in mergers and acquisitions at Merrill Lynch in London.
Hala has a Bachelor degree from HEC and holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
At MIT, she participated in and was among the winners of the MIT $100K Business Plan Competition, following which she started a telecom software company, Booleo, in the Cambridge area, which she eventually sold.
She is married and has 3 kids.
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[@mohamedelbeyali9672]

This is an excellent example for our youngsters . I wish you more successes .

[@halaf7164]

pyrosardukar: I went to MIT on a Siebel Scholarship and MIT admission is not based on income. So no, I was not "reach enough to go to MIT" as you say, I worked like hell to get there.

[@stevecrate]

God certainly was an entreprenuer, an innovator and the creator of all

[@Freespiritedqueen]

Yes!! He is.

[@harizhazwan]

i feel you bro

[@nowahklrk]

Gah, too bad she's married...

[@PatsyZ]

kind of contradicts the fact that she worked like a slave, no?

[@pyrosardukar]

NO I ain't working like a slave.
You made it cos you were rich enough to go to MIT.