Ronaldo Mouchawar

Ronaldo Mouchawar (Arabic: رونالدو مشحور‎‎), is a Syrian entrepreneur who is the CEO and co-founder of Souq.com, the largest e-commerce retailer in the Middle East and sometimes referred to as "the Amazon of the Middle East". Mouchawar co-founded Souq.com in 2005 alongside Jabbar Internet Group's Samih Toukan and Hussam Khoury. In 2014, he established the White Friday sales event to coincide with Black Friday in the US, explaining that a "black" Friday doesn't make cultural sense in the Arabic world, since Friday is the traditional day of prayer. The sale was widely popular as it raised over $275 million. In 2015 Souq.com more than doubled its sales during its second White Friday sale, with 13 million visitors and 600,000 items sold during November 25-28 across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Egypt. Additionally it was involved in the exclusive release of the Huawei Honor 6 launch in Abu Dhabi. In February 2016, Souq.com announced it had received $275m of funding, with a valuation above $1bn, the Middle East's largest ever funding deal, making the e-commerce retailer the region's first unicorn.

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Ronaldo Mouchawar was born in Aleppo, in Syria. Aleppo is one of the world’s oldest trading hubs, and was traditionally home to some of the planet’s most famous souqs. His father was a merchant, and this provided the inspiration for the name of the e-commerce site.

Mouchawar is also a former basketball player of the Jalaa SC Aleppo.