Endeavor

MOHAMAD BALLOUT UAE, KITOPI Mohamad Ballout is the CEO of Kitopi, a managed smart kitchen network. In 90 days, Kitopi has managed to scale up its business to serve 12 food brands averaging 600 orders a day and improving their customer retention by 50%. Prior to launching Kitopi, Mohamad has Co- founded BMB, the largest confectionary business in the middle-east, present in 32 countries with revenues of 100M$, and exited the business to Private Equity in 2016. Mohamad has also invested in multiple start ups and is involved in the start up eco system in the middle- east by sharing his experience and mentoring entrepreneurs. Mohamad is a fundamental believer that to succeed one needs to out learn and out execute everyone around you. If I could spend the rest of my life solving one problem, it would be the problem of orphans without the right support system (Education, Nurturing, Mentoring). To create an eco system where the clear KPI's for the ecosystem are not just revolved around how many kids are put out of streets, but one where we look at how many kids we can put in top universities globally, and how many kids can end up making real change in the eco system so that they can give back in due time. So think about it as the Endeavor network for orphans. When asked 'what I am relentless in my pursuit of?' I would have said a few months ago, the pursuit of creating opportunities, or pursuit of happiness. I today have come to terms that I am not in pursuit of anything but living the present.

• Cover