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Khaled Bichara
Khaled Bichara
Born	July 1, 1971
Died	January 31, 2020 (aged 48); Giza, Egypt
Alma mater	The American University in Cairo (B.Sc)

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Khaled Bichara (Arabic: خالد بشارة, IPA: [ˈxæːled bɪˈʃɑːɾˤɑ]) (July 27, 1971 – January 31, 2020) was an Egyptian businessman and entrepreneur who served as the Chairman of Dada.it and Chief Executive Officer of Accelero Capital. Prior to joining Accelero Capital, Bichara was Chief Executive Officer of Orascom Telecom Media and Technology OTMT, Group President and Chief Operating Officer of VimpelCom Ltd., and Executive Chairman of Global Telecom Holding. Bichara played a pivotal role in the merger of VEON and Wind Telecom to create the world's sixth-largest telecommunications carrier.

Early life and education

Khaled Galal Bichara was born on 27 July 1971 in Egypt. Bichara earned his B.Sc degree from The American University in Cairo in 1993 with a major in Computer Science and a Minor in Business Administration. He has also attended a number of professional and postgraduate courses, including the Executive Program for Growing Companies at Stanford University and another at the American University of Cairo Institute of Banking and Finance.

Career

LINKdotNET

In 1996, after a short experience with Microlab, a software company, he co-founded LINKdotNET (at the time called LINK Egypt) an Internet Service Provider (ISP) company in Egypt. In 2000, he was appointed by Orascom Telecom Holding as the company's Chief Internet Strategist. In 2002, Khaled Bichara was involved in a partnership between Microsoft and LINKdotNET which resulted in the launching of MSN Arabia, the first global portal of its kind in the region.

LINKdotNET, under Khaled Bichara's leadership, acquired eight internet companies. This acquisition increased the workforce to more than 1,500 making the company the largest private ISP in the region.

Khaled Bichara became a member of the board of directors at Orascom Telecom Holding in 2003. He was also recognized as the “Young Executive of the Year” by Business Today Egypt.

Wind Telecomunicazioni S.P.A

Bichara was appointed to head the fixed line and portal business unit at Wind Telecomunicazioni S.p.A, a subsidiary company of Wind Telecom S.p.A. located in Italy, in 2005. He was promoted in 2006 to the position of Chief Operating Officer of the company. During this period he was responsible for the transformation of Wind Telecomunicazioni S.P.A, initially a company on the downturn, in just three years, into one of the best performing mobile, fixed line and broadband integrated operators in the continent.

Orascom Telcom Holding

Orascom Telecom Holding became the largest investor in LINKdotNET in 1999 with a 54% stake in the company. In 2000, Khaled Bichara was appointed its Chief Internet Strategist before joining the board 3 years later. In April 2009, Khaled Bichara was appointed the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Orascom Telecom Holding, replacing the former officer Emad Farid.

In November 2009, the company announced Khaled Bichara's appointment as the new Group Chief Executive Officer of Orascom Telecom Holding saying “Khaled is dynamic, energetic and will be able to draw on his successful experience in the restructuring of Wind to gear the Group into a more aggressive period of growth and transform OTH into a more innovative, integrated and agile global company.”

Personal life

He was married to Marianne Bichara and has two children, Sherif Bichara and Galal Bichara.

Bichara died in a car crash in Giza, Egypt on 31 January, 2020 at the age of 48.^[1]

References

^ "Orascom CEO Khaled Bichara Killed in Car Crash". Digital Boom. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

External links

References

[1] "Orascom CEO Khaled Bichara Killed in Car Crash". Digital Boom. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

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+| death_place        = [[Giza, Egypt]]
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+'''Khaled Bichara''' ({{lang-ar|خالد بشارة}}, {{IPA-arz|ˈxæːled bɪˈʃɑːɾˤɑ|IPA}}) (July 27, 1971 – January 31, 2020) was an Egyptian businessman and entrepreneur who served as the [[Chairman]] of Dada.it and [[Chief Executive Officer]] of Accelero Capital. Prior to joining Accelero Capital, Bichara was [[Chief Executive Officer]] of Orascom Telecom Media and Technology OTMT, Group [[President (corporate title)|President]] and [[Chief Operating Officer]] of [[VimpelCom Ltd.]], and [[Executive Chairman]] of [[Global Telecom Holding]]. Bichara played a pivotal role in the merger of [[VEON]] and [[Wind Telecom]] to create the world's sixth-largest telecommunications carrier.
-[[File:Khaled Bichara.jpg|thumb|Khaled Bichara]]
+== Early life and education ==
-'''Khaled Bichara''' ({{lang-ar|خالد بشارة}}, {{IPA-arz|ˈxæːled bɪˈʃɑːɾˤɑ|IPA}}) (July 1, 1971 – 31 January 2020) was the [[Chairman]] of Dada.it, and the Co [[Chief Executive Officer]] of Accelero Capital. Prior to joining Accelero Capital, Bichara was [[Chief Executive Officer]] of Orascom Telecom Media and Technology OTMT, Group [[President (corporate title)|President]] and [[Chief Operating Officer]] of [[VimpelCom Ltd.]] as well as Group [[Executive Chairman]] of [[Orascom Telecom Holding]]. Bichara played a pivotal role in the 6.6 billion merger of [[VimpelCom]] with [[Wind Telecom]] S.p.A, to create the world's sixth telecommunications carrier. Before joining [[VimpelCom]], Bichara was the Group [[Chief Executive Officer]] of OTH S.A.E. He sat on the board of OTH since 2003.
+Khaled Galal Bichara was born on 27 July 1971 in [[Egypt]]. Bichara earned his B.Sc degree from [[The American University in Cairo]] in 1993 with a major in [[Computer Science]] and a Minor in [[Business Administration]]. He has also attended a number of professional and postgraduate courses, including the Executive Program for Growing Companies at [[Stanford University]] and another at the [[American University of Cairo]] Institute of Banking and Finance.
+== Career ==
-'''Khaled Bichara''' was appointed [[Chief Operating Officer]] of OTH in April 2009. He was previously [[Chief Operating Officer]] of [[Wind Telecomunicazioni]] S.p.A. He brought a wealth of experience in both telecommunication and information technology with a strong management and entrepreneurial experience.
+==== LINKdotNET ====
-'''Khaled Bichara''' headed the fixed line and portal business unit at [[Wind]] from 2005 until he was promoted to [[Chief Operating Officer]] of the company. At [[Wind]], he played a key and instrumental role in restructuring the company's organization, which led to the successful turnaround of [[Wind]] from a continuously loss making company to one of the best performing [[Mobile phone|mobile]], [[fixed line]] and [[broadband]] integrated operators in [[Europe]] within a record time span of three years.
+In 1996, after a short experience with Microlab, a software company, he co-founded LINKdotNET (at the time called LINK Egypt) an [[Internet Service Provider]] (ISP) company in Egypt. In 2000, he was appointed by [[Orascom Telecom Holding]] as the company's Chief Internet Strategist. In 2002, Khaled Bichara was involved in a partnership between [[Microsoft]] and LINKdotNET which resulted in the launching of [[MSN]] Arabia, the first global portal of its kind in the region.
+LINKdotNET, under Khaled Bichara's leadership, acquired eight internet companies. This acquisition increased the workforce to more than 1,500 making the company the largest private ISP in the region.
-Prior to joining [[Wind]], he was the co-founder, [[Chairman]] and [[CEO]] of LINKdotNET LDN, the largest private Internet Service Provider [[ISP]] in the [[Middle East]]. ln 2001, following successful negotiations, [[Microsoft]] chose to partner with LDN headed by Bichara to launch [[MSN]] Arabia, the [[Middle East]]'s first global portal, bringing full internet experience of [[MSN]] to users in the region.
+Khaled Bichara became a member of the board of directors at [[Orascom Telecom Holding]] in 2003. He was also recognized as the “Young Executive of the Year” by ''[[Business Today Egypt]]''.
-ln December 2003, [[Business Today (Egypt)|Business Today]] Egypt chose Bichara as the Young [[Senior management|Executive]] of the Year for executives under the age of 40.
+==== Wind Telecomunicazioni S.P.A ====
-Bichara earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the [[American University in Cairo]] where he was a member of the [[Advisory Board]] for the [[Computer Science]] and Engineering Department. He was an active member of the [[Software]] Community in the [[Middle East]], a founding member of the Egyptian Software Association and the Internet Society of Egypt. He was also a [[board member]] of WlND Italy and various [[telecommunications service provider|telecom]] and [[Information technology|IT]] companies.
+Bichara was appointed to head the fixed line and portal business unit at [[Wind Telecomunicazioni]] S.p.A, a subsidiary company of [[Weather Investments|Wind Telecom S.p.A.]] located in [[Italy]], in 2005. He was promoted in 2006 to the position of [[Chief Operating Officer]] of the company. During this period he was responsible for the transformation of [[Wind Telecomunicazioni]] S.P.A, initially a company on the downturn, in just three years, into one of the best performing mobile, fixed line and broadband integrated operators in the continent.
+==== Orascom Telcom Holding ====
-== Education ==
-'''Khaled Bichara''' earned his B.Sc degree from the [[American University of Cairo]] in 1993 with a major in [[Computer Science]] and a Minor in [[Business Administration]]. He has also attended a number of professional and postgraduate courses some of which include the Executive Program for Growing Companies (EPGC) conducted at [[Stanford University]] and the [[American University of Cairo]], Institute of Banking and Finance.
-== LINKdotNET ==
-In 1996, after a short experience with Microlab, a software company, he co-founded LINKdotNET (at the time called LINK Egypt) an [[Internet Service Provider]] (ISP) company in Egypt. In 2000, he was appointed by [[Orascom Telecom Holding]] as the company's Chief Internet Strategist. In 2002, Khaled Bichara was involved in a partnership between [[Microsoft]] and LINKdotNET which resulted in the launching of [[MSN]] Arabia, the very first global portal of its kind in the region.
-LINKdotNET, under Khaled Bichara's leadership, acquired eight other reputable internet companies in one of the most important mergers of the year. This acquisition increased the workforce to more than 1,500 making the company the largest private ISP in the region.
-Khaled Bichara became a member of the board of directors at [[Orascom Telecom Holding]] in 2003. He was also recognized as the “Young Executive of the Year” by the "Business Today Egypt" in an award designed to commend executives under the age of 40.
-== Wind Telecomunicazioni S.P.A ==
-'''Khaled Bichara''' was appointed to head the fixed line and portal business unit at [[Wind Telecomunicazioni]] S.p.A, a subsidiary company of [[Weather Investments|Wind Telecom S.p.A.]] located in [[Italy]], in 2005. He was promoted in 2006 to the position of [[Chief Operating Officer]] (COO) of the company. During this period he was responsible for the transformation of [[Wind Telecomunicazioni]] S.P.A, initially a company on the downturn, in just three years, into one of the best performing mobile, fixed line and broadband integrated operators in the continent.
-== Orascom Telcom Holding ==
 [[Orascom Telecom Holding]] became the largest investor in LINKdotNET in 1999 with a 54% stake in the company. In 2000, Khaled Bichara was appointed its Chief Internet Strategist before joining the board 3 years later. In April 2009, Khaled Bichara was appointed the [[Chief Operating Officer]] (COO) of [[Orascom Telecom Holding]], replacing the former officer Emad Farid.
 In November 2009, the company announced Khaled Bichara's appointment as the new Group [[Chief Executive Officer]] of [[Orascom Telecom Holding]] saying “Khaled is dynamic, energetic and will be able to draw on his successful experience in the restructuring of Wind to gear the Group into a more aggressive period of growth and transform OTH into a more innovative, integrated and agile global company.”
-== Associations ==
-Khaled Bichara was a supporter of [[information technology]] societies in Egypt and the Middle East region and maintained a member position on the Advisory Board for the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the [[American University of Cairo]] from where he graduated. Khaled Bichara was also a founding member of the Egyptian Software Association and the [[Internet]] Society of Egypt as well as being an active member of the software community in the [[Middle East]].
-Bichara also served on the Board of Directors for Endeavor Egypt. [[Endeavor (non-profit)|Endeavor]], an international non-profit development organization that finds and supports high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets.
 == Personal life ==
-Khaled Galal Bichara born on 27 July 1971 was a national of [[Egypt]]. He was married to Marianne Bichara and has two children, Sherif Bichara and Galal Bichara.
+He was married to Marianne Bichara and has two children, Sherif Bichara and Galal Bichara.
-==Death==
-Khaled Bichara died in a car crash in Al Remaya Sq. - Giza, Egypt on 31 January, 2020 at the age of 48.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Orascom CEO Khaled Bichara Killed in Car Crash|url=https://adigitalboom.com/orascom-ceo-khaled-bichara-dies-in-car-crash/|publisher=Digital Boom|date=31 January 2020|accessdate=31 January 2020}}</ref>
-== Recognitions ==
+Bichara died in a car crash in [[Giza, Egypt]] on 31 January, 2020 at the age of 48.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Orascom CEO Khaled Bichara Killed in Car Crash|url=https://adigitalboom.com/orascom-ceo-khaled-bichara-dies-in-car-crash/|publisher=Digital Boom|date=31 January 2020|accessdate=31 January 2020}}</ref>
-*Awarded the “Young Person of the year award” by the [[Business Today (Egypt)|Business Today]], [[Egypt]] 2003
-*Earned the [[Microsoft]] Gold Certified Partner as [[Chief Executive Officer]] of LINKdotNET
 ==See also==