Habib Haddad is a prominent tech entrepreneur and founder of Yamli.com, a pioneering platform offering a Smart Arabic Keyboard and Arabic Search engine. Through Yamli, Haddad has empowered Arabic web users, reaching 10 million users and generating over 350 million Arabic words. His leadership extended from team-building to fundraising and securing a landmark partnership with Yahoo!.

In addition to Yamli, Haddad co-founded YallaStartup, an organization fostering youth and early-stage entrepreneurship across the MENA region. He organized Beirut’s first StartupWeekend, which brought together 300 participants from the Arab world and led to the creation of 34 startups. YallaStartup also established successful mentorship programs for young entrepreneurs.

After Yamli, Haddad became CEO of Wamda, a platform supporting entrepreneurs across MENA with a media arm, an early-stage VC fund, and various programs. Recognized for his influence, Haddad was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, one of the 30 most influential Arabs under 30 by Arabian Business, and a MIT TR35 honoree on the Pan Arab list. He was also elected to the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Innovation.Haddad co-founded INLET, which connects the Lebanese tech and entrepreneurial diaspora, and launched ReliefLebanon to aid post-war relief efforts in Lebanon, raising $2 million in three months.