Hazem Barakat on picking winning deals
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We’re continuing my conversation with Hazem Barakat, co-founder and Chairman of B Investments. On this episode, Hazem outlines their core formula for backing new ventures and why surviving a young market means being a generalist over a specialist.
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You can also catch Part 1 of my conversation with Hazem here, where he talks about the personal turning points that shaped his life and his pivot into private equity in Egypt.
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03:12 The hard lessons
07:27 Education, healthcare and agriculture
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Malak Fouad
Malak is a communications specialist who has worked across a wide spectrum of the industry. She founded A&T Media in 2021, and hosts What I Did Next. She also manages The Nadia Younes Memorial Fund, dedicated to her late aunt and housed at AUC.
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Hazem Barakat
Hazem Barakat is the co-founder and Chairman of B Investments. He also sits on the boards of Al-Ismaelia, Basata Finance, The Egyptian IVF Center and Daikin Egypt.
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