Английская Википедия:Ghassan Halazon

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Ghassan Halazon is a Jordanian-Canadian technology and e-commerce entrepreneur. He founded EMERGE Commerce, Inc., a Toronto based acquirer and operator of direct-to-consumer e-commerce brands.[1]

Life

Halazon was born and raised in Amman, Jordan. He attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, and holds an MBA from Georgetown University. He currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.[2]

Career

Halazon worked with Citigroup as an investment banker in New York before his foray into e-commerce and technology startups that began in 2010.

He founded his most recent venture, EMERGE Commerce Inc., formerly Transformational Capital Corp., an e-commerce consolidator, in 2016.[3]

In 2019, Halazon was personally fined by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission as part of violations incurred by previous e-commerce ventures and holding companies he owned and/or directed.[4]

EMERGE Commerce completed its public listing on the Toronto Venture Exchange on December 14, 2020, under ticker TSXV: ECOM.

Halazon is a member in the Board of Directors of the Canadian Arab Institute. [5]

Public speaking

In 2011, Halazon presented a talk at the TEDx Talk Dead Sea.[6] In 2018, he presented a talk at the TechTO conference entitled 'Beyond the Wreckage.[7] In November 2018, Halazon was a speaker at the Harvard Arab Conference.[8]

Media appearances

In 2011, Halazon was listed among Canada's 30 most eligible bachelors by Canada's National Post.[2]

Halazon appeared on the Canadian version of the entrepreneurship reality TV show "Dragon's Den," and attributed some of his success with TeamBuy to the exposure gained through the show.[9]

Philanthropy

Halazon sits on the Board of Directors of the Be-Abled Society, a non-profit organization that assists people with non-visible disabilities transition back into everyday life.[10]

References

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