Hashem Al-Wazzan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
An electrical engineer and economist, holding dual bachelor's degrees in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor and Cornell University. He earned a Master's degree in Financial Engineering from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, becoming the first Kuwaiti to achieve this distinction. His professional journey includes working on Wall Street at the New York Stock Exchange with major financial institutions such as Credit Suisse.
He later pursued postgraduate studies in Economics at Duke University in the United States, with a research focus on social entrepreneurship and human-centred economics. Hashem is the founder of wazzanMath Learning Lab and the Human-Centred Entrepreneurship Consulting Company, and serves as a board member of the Wazzan Charitable Foundation.
His achievements have been recognized with the Amiri Medal for Academic Excellence, awarded by His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and an honorary recognition from Larry Page, co-founder of Google. He has represented Kuwait in the International Mathematics Olympiad. Outside of his professional life, Hashem enjoys Arabic poetry, padel tennis, and surfing.
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