Biography
Born in London on 8 November 1978, Omar moved to Cairo when he was only weeks old. He finished his schooling at El Alsson School and graduated from the American University in Cairo (AUC) in 2000 with a BA in Economics and minor in Business Administration. He was also awarded an MBA degree at the London Business School in 2007 with a concentration in Entrepreneurship. Between his bachelors and masters level education, Omar worked with HSBC in London and Hong Kong for two and a half years before embarking on a 370-day journey across Asia and Latin America (14 countries).
Upon his return from his yearlong trip, Omar resumed working in London in the banking field and began his 2-year MBA programme 1.5 years after that. His expedition to Mount Everest began upon the completion of his MBA in March 2007 and lasted for 9.5 weeks. Omar then moved back to Cairo to work for Actis in the field of Private Equity.
In May 2009, Omar founded Wild Guanabana (www.wildguanabana.com), the Middle East & North Africa's first carbon-neutral travel company specializing in non-traditional, exotic and adventure travel which has offices in Cairo and Dubai. Omar now lives between Egypt and the UAE.
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