Ziad Ghosn: A Mastermind Behind Award-Winning Ventures

Ziad Ghosn is that name any business associated with innovation and strategic growth in the UAE, and the depth of experience across 15 years in diversified aspects of the market has had him carve out a niche as a serial entrepreneur who brings concepts to the playing field as successful ventures. From leading pioneering mobile app solutions to venturing into health care, this journey epitomizes the resilience, creativity, and foresight. His ventures are not only opportunities to do business but redefine whole industries through smarter, more technology-driven solutions.

During his entrepreneurship journey, he provided great academic advancement. He passed his graduate studies with honours at American University of Dubai and, later, pursued a course in Master’s in International Business at London.

This excellent educational background puts tools at his disposal: first, the analysis of markets, where complexity in terms of understanding is overwhelming; and, second, a multi-industry career path in advertising, banking, and hospitality. His global roles have been with Wunderman, Y&R, Emirates Lebanon Bank, and Pragma Group, where crucial emphasis stands on strategic decision-making and enormous as yet untapped opportunities. Three years ago, Ghosn took the entrepreneurial leap into the world along with his wife and business partner Stephanie Khouri. Together, he founded Nomadic Capital, which has quickly become a powerhouse for incubating innovative ideas and developing solutions tailored for the GCC market. Dynamic duos Firm Nomadic Capital believes in projects that have that transformative potential, either by nurturing promising startups or launching their own trailblazing initiatives.

This brought for the company an international premier honour-the International Business Excellence Award for best innovation in food and beverage-to underpin their ability to propose smart and effective solutions. Some of the notable projects of Nomadic Capital include Pushdot, a mobile application which has even earned it a place among celebrated and recognized top 50 startups in the UAE. Other recognition comes through the Appy Awards in New York and even at regional and international levels, among others. Others attest to the skills that Ghosn possesses, putting technology into concrete solutions with value added to users, hence skills both as an engineer and visionary leader.

Ghosn’s entrepreneurial experience doesn’t halt only at mobile technology but also in the rapidly growing field of healthcare, searching for how the newest technologies and digital tools can be combined to better treat patients and business processes. His venture reunites old practice with the newest paradigms of technology providing smarter solutions for all. At the Automat, he transforms the experience of fast food itself, vending hot meals and beverages from machines. It sustains a fast pace of modern consumers but at the same time demonstrates his capacity to mix technology with convenience into a new standard in the food and beverage industry.

Being able to see adaptation to the changes of the market and new and emerging technologies, enabled him to flourish not only his ventures, but, more importantly, paved a path for a new generation of entrepreneurs to think big and act boldly. He has himself expressed strategic thinking and innovation in his work. His works do much more than just change the face of user experience by building apps to explore unknown territories in healthcare and retail. He makes industries and legacies of excellence. Ziad’s story often reminds that the possibilities never count if there is just the right amount of passion, knowledge, and determination.