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ENDEAVOR IMPACT REPORT 2012 – 2013 ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT SAUDI ARABIA Endeavor Saudi Arabia supports 5 entrepreneurs from 4 companies. Abdulmohsin Al-Rabiah company Shawarmer selected 2013 industry Consumer employees at selection 249 ENDEAVOR MAIN OFFICE RIYADH (2012) news Endeavor Entrepreneur Loai Naseem (Lomar) and Endeavor KSA Managing Director Rakan Al Eidi were featured in Tadawul Magazine, the leading Saudi stock exchange publication. Endeavor KSA announced a partnership with Oqal Angel Investors Group in KSA for potential collaboration in funding and nominating Endeavor Entrepreneur candidates. Endeavor KSA has supported 5+ entrepreneurship events in the Kingdom, including Startup Weekend, Wamda MixN‐Mentor, and KAUST seed fund competitions. In its first year of operations, Endeavor KSA hosted events attended by more than 50 entrepreneurs, investors, and mentors. "Endeavor gave me the opportunity to start planning for regional, across-border growth." Naif Alqahtani, LSS 56 Whether you call it "doner," "gyro," or something else entirely, the shawarma, as it is known in Saudi Arabia, is the region's signature sandwich. Filled with grilled meat shaved off a spinning rotisserie, shawarma is found in every Saudi neighborhood at corner stands and informal shops. In 1999, capitalizing on the shawarma's popularity and consumers' mistrust of street food, Abdulmohsin Al‐Rabiah opened Shawarmer in Riyadh, the first in a chain of fast‐casual restaurants that serve shawarma and other Arab foods made with fresh, high‐quality ingredients. Today, Shawarmer has 31 locations in food court, seasonal kiosk, and drive‐ through formats, with plans to open 230 new franchises in Saudi Arabia, the GCC, and Egypt by 2016.