Partner
Khaldoon H. Tabaza
Founder & Managing Director, iMENA Group
- Firm
- iMENA Group
- Title
- Founder & Managing Director
- Role
- Managing partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 21 September 2026
About
Khaldoon’s story with entrepreneurship begins in 1994 while he was was studying medicine and surgery at The University of Jordan, when he helped introduce the Middle East to an Arabized version of BYTE Magazine—the leading global tech authority at the time. Shortly after, Khaldoon went on to play a leading role in kickstarting the Internet industry in the Arab World. He founded the first venture-backed online business in the region in the form of arabia.com (1996), and the first regulated venture capital fund in the region (Technology Development Fund, Cairo, 2001). Today, Khaldoon is often credited with helping shape the region’s first wave of Internet professionals.
Background
- Education
- Khaldoon holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from The University of Jordan and has completed the Kauffman Venture Fellowship in Palo Alto. He was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, where he completed the Young Global Leaders Leadership and Policy education program at Harvard University’s Kennedy School. He is also a member of the Young Presidents Organization, and has completed the YPO programs at Stanford, London Business School, and Harvard Business School.Source (opens in a new tab)
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