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Full Name	Wael Ghonim
Occupation	Computer Scientist
Date Of Birth	Dec 23, 1980(1980-12-23)
Age	44
Birthplace	Cairo
Country	Egypt
Birth City	Cairo Governorate
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Wael Ghonim Biography

Wael Ghonim is one of the most popular and richest Computer Scientist who was born on December 23, 1980 in Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt. “No turbaned ayatollah had stepped forth to summon the crowd. This was not Iran in 1979. A young Google executive, Wael Ghonim, had energized this protest when it might have lost heart, when it could have succumbed to the belief that this regime and its leader were a big, immovable object. Mr. Ghonim was a man of the modern world. He was not driven by piety. The condition of his country–the abject poverty, the crony economy of plunder and corruption, the cruelties and slights handed out to Egyptians in all walks of life by a police state that the people had outgrown and despaired of–had given this young man and others like him their historical warrant.”

He obtained an BS in engineering computer systems at Cairo University in 2004 and an MBA with distinction in finance and marketing at Cairo University in

2008. He earned an MBA with honors from the American University in Cairo in

In response to the above criticism, some of Ghonim’s supporters launched a Facebook page in mid 2011, trying to declare him the spokesperson for the Egyptian revolutionaries, a role that Ghonim has consistently rejected. More than 400,000 people joined the page. Moreover, more than 360,000 people joined his personal page on Facebook and more than 3,000,000 people joined the “We are all Khaled Said” page, which is run by him and another administrator, revealed to be AbdelRahman Mansour.

From 18 May 2011, a major campaign on Twitter gained momentum with the hashtag

unfollowedghonimbecause, criticising Ghonim for various failings and an

exaggerated focus on the Egyptian economy.

Between 2002 and 2005, Ghonim was the Marketing and Sales Manager of Gawab. in 2005 Ghonim was forced to leave Gawab to start Mubasher.info which is a portal for financial transactions that serves all of the Middle East region. Ghonim was recruited by Google Middle East and North Africa as the Regional Marketing Manager in 2008. located at Google Egypt. In January of 2010, Ghonim became Head of Marketing for Google Middle East as well as North Africa based in Google’s United Arab Emirates office in Dubai Internet City in Dubai. In 2011’s Egyptian Revolution of 2011, Ghonim was forced to leave Google to concentrate the work he was doing with the government of Egypt as well as his work in Middle East. The year 2014 saw Ghonim became a part of Google Ventures as an Entrepreneur in Residence prior to taking a leave in December and working for a start-up.

Wael Ghonim Net Worth

Wael Ghonim is one of the richest Computer Scientist from Egypt. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wael Ghonim 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ghonim was born into a middle-class family on the 23rd of December, 1980. He was born from Cairo, Egypt, and spent his childhood living in Abha, Saudi Arabia. When he reached 13 years old, old, he retreated to Cairo.

Wael Ghonim (Arabic: wy’l Gnym , romanized: Wa’il Ghunim. born 23 December , 1980) is an Internet activist and computer engineer who has an passion for social entrepreneurialism.

In 2010, Ghonim founded a Facebook page titled, “We Are All Khaled Said,” in support of Khaled Said, a young Egyptian who was tortured to death by police in Alexandria. Ghonim used this page in moving and integrating the anti- government protests of the January 25 Revolution. He first made an announcement on the page on 14 January, asking members whether they were going to plan on taking to the streets on 25 January and do what Tunisia did. In less than two hours, he published an event titled “25 يناير على التعذيب والفساد والظلم والبطالة” [“January 25: Revolution against Torture, Corruption, Unemployment and Injustice”]. This was the first of several invitations to the page. He anonymously collaborated with activists on the ground to announce the locations for the protest.

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In 2011, he became an international figure and galvanized pro-democracy demonstrations in Egypt after his emotional interview following 11 days of secret incarceration by Egyptian police. During these 11 days, he was interrogated regarding his work as one of two administrators of the Facebook page, “We are all Khaled Said”, which helped spark the Egyptian Revolution of

2011. Time magazine included him in its “Time 100” list of the 100 most influential people of 2011, and the World Economic Forum selected him as one of the Young Global Leaders in 2012.

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Ghonim’s memoir, “Revolution 2.0”, was published in January 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the U.S. and by HarperCollins in the UK. A reviewer at The New York Times called the book “a touchstone for future testimonials about a strengthening borderless digital movement that is set to continually disrupt powerful institutions, be they corporate enterprises or political regimes”.

Top Facts about Wael Ghonim

1. Wael Ghonim is an Egyptian activist and computer engineer.
2. He played a key role in the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
3. Ghonim was the administrator of the Facebook page that helped organize protests.
4. He was detained by Egyptian authorities for 11 days during the revolution.
5. Time magazine named him one of the world’s 100 most influential people in 2011.
6. Ghonim co-founded Parlio, a social media platform for political discussions.
7. He has given TED talks on activism and technology.
8. In 2018, he published a book titled “Revolution 2.0: The Power of the People Is Greater Than the People in Power”.
9. Ghonim currently lives in California and works as a tech entrepreneur.
10. He continues to be an advocate for democracy and human rights in Egypt and beyond.

What did Wael Ghonim do?

Ghonim is the author of Revolution 2.0: The power of people is greater than the people in power (2013). In 2012, he founded Tahrir Academy, a technology focused NGO that aims to foster education in Egypt. In 2015, Ghonim co-founded Parlio, a social media platform that was acquired by Quora in March 2016.

How old is Wael Ghonim?

41 years (December 23, 1980)

Who led the Egyptian revolution?

The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 (Arabic: ثورة 23 يوليو 1952), also known as the 23 July Revolution, was a period of profound political, economic, and societal change in Egypt that began on 23 July 1952 with the toppling of King Farouk in a coup d’etat by the Free Officers Movement, a group of army officers led by …

What caused the revolution in Egypt?

Most causes of the 2011 Egyptian revolution against Mubarak also existed in 1952, when the Free Officers ousted King Farouk: inherited power, corruption, under-development, unemployment, unfair distribution of wealth and the presence of Israel.

Who colonized Egypt?

Instead of leaving the land of Egypt to its rightful owners, the Egyptians , Britain decided to colonize Egypt and control them through a protectorate. The protectorate allowed the British government to control Egypt’s economic and political decisions without intervention from the Egyptians.