Fahad is currently General Partner of The JEDI Fund with Kamco Invest and Vice Chairman of Kamco Invest - Saudi.
Fahad joined the Investment Banking team at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. in New York at the start of the Dot-com boom. In 2015, he founded TechInvest, an advisory firm that provides opportunities for Middle East investors, including the established regional Sovereign Wealth Funds, to obtain exposure to private investment opportunities in the early and growth stage technology sectors in the USA. TechInvest advised and structured deals totaling over $900M in funds raised. He has advised several notable Silicon Valley leaders.Fahad is currently General Partner of The JEDI Fund with Kamco Invest and Vice Chairman of Kamco Invest - Saudi.
Fahad joined the Investment Banking team at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. in New York at the start of the Dot-com boom. In 2015, he founded TechInvest, an advisory firm that provides opportunities for Middle East investors, including the established regional Sovereign Wealth Funds, to obtain exposure to private investment opportunities in the early and growth stage technology sectors in the USA. TechInvest advised and structured deals totaling over $900M in funds raised. He has advised several notable Silicon Valley leaders.
TechInvest Corporation provides opportunities for Middle Eastern investors to obtain exposure to private investment opportunities in the technology sector, in Europe and North America. TechInvest advised and structured several deals in early, growth and late stage VC totaling over $900 million in money raised.
Sharq Capital Holding Co KSCC
CEO
May 2011
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Present
Kuwait City, KW
Founded in 2007, Sharq Capital is a private holding company, which operates throughout the Middle East, North Africa and the US, with active companies in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Egypt and Washington DC.
Sakhr Software Company is the market leader and pioneer in advanced Arabic language technology. Sakhr has successfully transformed its research into industry-first commercial software and solutions. Fahad received 3 patents from US PTO office for Sakhr's proprietary technologies.
Established in 1998, KAMCO Invest is a financial services company that offers investment solutions covering asset management, investment banking and brokerage. Based in Kuwait, it is part of the Boursa Kuwait, the national stock market of Kuwait and is a subsidiary of United Gulf Bank (UGB).
Coded is the First Coding Academy in the Middle East, which aims to train and educate young men and women across MENA in software development and programming.
Previous Board Positions
Al Alamiah Technology Group
Board Member
Kuwait City, KW
ATG are a leading professional IT firm offering a wide range of products and end-to-end software solutions. Fahad initiated and supervised the transformation of the company.
AwalNet
Co-Founder & Board Member
Riyadh, SA
AwalNet is one of the largest Internet providers in Saudi Arabia.
Al Mal is an innovation-driven Investment Banking & Asset Management company, offering sustainable and attractive investment opportunities, in both traditional and emerging portfolios. It is listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange.
Kuwait: resilience & management in times of crisis
2020
Kuwait City, KW
Fahad AlSharekh is interviewed by The Business Year for a special report on Kuwait's resilience & management in times of crisis and accelerated digitalization bought on by Covid-19.
Wired Magazine
It's All Arabic-English to Him
2001
In an interview with Wired Magazine, titled, 'It's All Arabic-English to Him', Fahad AlSharekh discusses Ajeeb, the English and Arabic translation site, and his reasons for starting it. Fahad says: "We realized there is one impediment for the Internet to be accepted in the Arabic-speaking world. It is language. The World Wide Web is built with English domains. Ninety percent of the content on the W
Winner: SME Family Business Award - Sakhr Software
Dec 2021
Dubai, AE
As CEO of Sakhr Software, Fahad AlSharekh accepted this award on behalf of the family. The company is an industry-leading business in the field of Arabic language technology.
