Dr Ayman Kandeel
Dr Ayman Kandeel’s Biography
Dr. Ayman Kandeel is the Founder and Chairman of Fanarah Development, LLC is Dr. Ayman Kandeel
Dr. Ayman Kandeel is a savvy economist and serial entrepreneur.
Dr. Ayman Kandeel engineered and managed the $680 million sales of AK for Real Estate Marketing and Development (AKREM) to Inertia Developments in November 2018. Most AKREM investors made over 300 percent on this deal.
In 2015, Dr. Ayman Kandeel founded Fanarah Developments, LLC, the first attempt to create an integrated destination along Egypt's Mediterranean coastline. The project was renamed Jefaira in 2016, and it is now the largest Mediterranean-front project in the world.
To name a few, Dr. Ayman Kandeel co-founded and co-managed Borak Capital Holding, Arab African International Securities, and Pi Capital Inc. He has helped companies in the technology, real estate, entertainment, and finance sectors raise significant capital.
Dr. Ayman Kandeel founded AK Comics in 2001, with over forty titles in English, Arabic, Greek, and Chinese. AK Comics imagined the peaceful Middle East in the future and created Muslim, Jewish, and Christian superheroes.
To protect an imaginary parallel Middle Eastern from conspiracies aimed at disrupting a supposed futuristic peace is central to the three heroes' universe. He has been interviewed by the BBC, NPR, CNN, Al Jazeera, NBC, and John Stewart's Daily Show, among others, and has met many well-known politicians, some of whom he still keeps in touch with.
Dr. Ayman Kandeel is passionate about advertising. Confounded Bonus Advertising in 1995, which JWT later acquired. JWT Cairo is now Egypt's top advertising agency. He owns a large stake in Advision, one of Egypt's most famous below-the-line ad firms.
A graduate of the American University in Cairo, the University of Southern California, and the University of California at Santa Barbara, Dr. Kandeel has a distinguished academic career. He taught at Cairo University from 2003 to 2009.
Dr. Ayman Kandeel taught at USC and Cal State Long Beach. Dr. Kandeel retired from academics in April 2011 to focus on his businesses in Egypt and the USA.
Dr. Ayman Kandeel currently serves on the boards of Arab African International Securities, Space SaMo, Pacific Agencies and Contractors, Al Forsan Holding, and Borak Capital Holding.