A Window into Saudi Arabia’s Future The forty Saudi winners of the Arabia500 are entrepreneurs covering a wide range of industries from technology, to social media, to logistics, to health care, and are quickly beoming the sucssessful businesses of the future.The top three fastest growing Saudi companies tell an interesting story in themselves. In first place is the elctronics and gaming store Zonic, growing an astonishing 1,655% since 2008. In just a few years, Zonik has become a well-known brand in the Kingdom drawing tech-savvy youths to its 110 entertainment-themed stores. Zonik’s motto ‘the pulse of life’ is on vivid display in its stores where customers access the latest technologies at kiosk stations, Wii play areas, and gaming rooms in a colorful ambiance that has won many interior design and display awards.
“Work smart, then hard” - Raouf Aboud, Applied Technologies
“An entrepreneur is a brave dreamer that wants to change reality.” - Aisha Abbas Natto, Eye 2 Eye Optical
go up against global giants, and now they are the region’s largest Arab PR/Media organizations. There is also Nadia Al-Dosary of AlSale Eastern Company with operations all over Saudi Arabia and the Gulf in construction & engineering. Ala’a Hariri of Ala’a Hariri Architecture & Interiors is the first female architecture office in the Kingdom. And Rafah AlKhatib of Reach Holdings provides social media strategy for some of the best known corporate brands. These women are on the move, and their achievements will encourage others One of the greatest inspirations on the Saudi list is the Rumman Company, the publishers of Destination Jeddah. When the Saudi 100 was created in 2009, Rumman was ranked as a small ‘Company to Watch’. In 2010, they were the number one fastest growing StartUp Company on the Saudi 100. At the
A different side of Saudi Arabia is embodied by the second place winner, Futurelab. Founded in 2008, Dr. Fayad Dandashi set out to create state-of-the art medical laboratory services for the health care industry. With one of the fastest growing populations in the world, health care in Saudi Arabia is poised to expand significantly in the years ahead. And in third position is Tejoury, founded by Salman AlSudeary to provide state-of-the art records management and storage solutions to cater to Saudi Arabia’s growing businesses and “ To succeed, government activities.
you must help others succeed.”
The future of Saudi Arabia Hani Ibrahim Khoja, Elixir can also be seen through its female entrepreneurs. The dynamic brother and sister team of Mohammed and Sara AlAyed founded Trans Arabian Creative Communications in 1997 when PR /Media in the region was dominated by foreign firms. Just in their 20s, they were one of the first Arab firms to
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