One Billion Followers Summit to assemble over 100 Industry giants, prime CEOs

The 1 Billion Followers Summit has revealed an elite roster of CEOs and trailblazers in artistic industries, digital media, funding, finance, enterprise, and entrepreneurship through the second version at Emirates Towers and the Museum of the Future in Dubai on January 10-11.

Gracing the occasion are greater than 100 famend enterprise personalities with huge followings and immense affect of their fields, together with Tom Bilyeu, Elie Habib, Rizwan Sajan, and Vishen Lakhiani, in addition to a number of specialists in new media and digital funding who will share insights, visions, and their intensive experience and journeys to encourage and interact with aspiring content material creators through the two-day occasion.

A visionary within the well being and health trade, Tom Bilyeu, CEO of Impact Theory, is a unicorn entrepreneur who co-founded and constructed Quest Nutrition from nothing to a billion-dollar enterprise in simply 5 years – all with out exterior funding. Bilyeu has demonstrated the immense potential of social media in enterprise development. Bilyeu’s journey from learning cinema, regulation, and economics to creating a globally recognised model showcases his various talent set. Accumulating a web value of USD 400 million, his journey is a testomony to the ability of optimistic messaging and revolutionary advertising and marketing.

Elie Habib, co-founder and CTO of Anghami, has been a dynamic pressure within the Arab financial sector. As a board member of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, his intensive expertise managing know-how firm platforms, web sites, and satellite tv for pc channels has earned him a spot in Forbes Middle East’s “30 Under 30” checklist for 2021.

An embodiment of entrepreneurial spirit, Rizwan Sajan, Founder and Chairman of the Danube Group, has constructed one of many largest conglomerates within the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Starting in Dubai in 1993 with minimal capital, Sajan’s journey epitomises the ability of imaginative and prescient and willpower, rising his firm to make use of over 5,000 workers and obtain annual revenues exceeding AED 5 billion.

An entrepreneur, writer, motivational speaker. Vishen Lakhiani, founding father of MindValley, exemplifies the impactful use of social media in constructing a transformative training empire. His firm, a pacesetter in private development, leverages social media to attach with a worldwide viewers, contributing to its almost US$200 million in income. Lakhiani’s method extends past advertising and marketing, fostering a loyal neighborhood via participating, insightful content material. His journey showcases the ability of social media in model constructing and producing income.

A honored Egyptian and Arab enterprise chief, Ahmed Abou Hashima is pivotal within the Arab financial panorama. He has made vital contributions to the Egyptian financial system and society, together with the launch of 35 developmental initiatives, strategic enterprise and industrial tasks, and interesting in funding promotion campaigns, fostering financial development in Egypt, along with his position because the Head of the Youth Sports Committee within the Egyptian Senate. He has acquired quite a few nationwide and worldwide awards for his invaluable contributions.

Speakers on the 2-day summit additionally embrace Dr. Andrew Jackson, Chief AI Officer of Core42 firm, who boasts over 20 years’ expertise inside synthetic intelligence (AI) and knowledge analytics; Riyadh Al-Zamil, Saudi businessman, Founder and Chairman of Raz Group, who serves on boards of a number of industrial, industrial, and funding entities in Saudi Arabia. The summit may also host Fares Ghandour, Partner at Wamda Capital, co-founder and CEO of Tuhoon, who constructed the MENA Region’s first startup fellowship program, and Khaled Zaatarah, Founder and CEO of VUZ, the pioneer immersive tech firm and platform on this planet.

The occasion may also host a distinguished lineup of worldwide specialists in new media. These embrace creator financial system knowledgeable Jim Louderback, CEO of VidCon and former editor-in-chief of PC Magazine; Dennis Yu, CEO of BlitzMetrics and writer of “The Definitive Guide to TikTok Advertising: How to Access 1 Billion People in 10 Minutes!”; and Ryan Hashemi, founding father of Jubilee Media, a platform for creating content material that evokes and unifies individuals, boasting 14 million subscribers and 5 billion views.

Joining them are Dr. Lal Bhatia, Chairman of the Hilshaw Group, with over 35 years of expertise in strategic branding; Gurpreet Singh, co-founder of One Digital Entertainment, a full-lifecycle media firm recognized for constructing a number of the largest digital creators in Asia; and Brandon Baum, founding father of Studio B and the most important VFX creator within the UK, with a mixed social following of over 15 million individuals. On YouTube shorts, his content material is amongst the highest 10 most considered movies of all time.

It may also host Phil Ranta, CEO of Spree and former COO of We Are Verified, who’s on the forefront of digital media evolution. Ranta’s early ventures and growth of video functions set the stage for his pivotal position within the development of Multi-Channel Network (MCN) and the transformation of the content material creator-driven media mannequin.

This 12 months’s summit will construct upon the success of its first version, which featured 75+ audio system, 6,500+ attendees, and 40+ periods and workshops. The 2024 version is predicted to go even larger and higher, internet hosting 190+ audio system in expert-led periods, keynotes and speeches, hearth chats, debates, and workshops.

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