Majid Alhusseini
Meet Aidy Proof, the Artist/Executive on the forefront of Sudan's rising music scene.
Born in Paris and raised in NYC, Proof has been exposed to all aspects of Hip Hop culture and comes from a family deeply involved in the...
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Majid Alhusseini
- Oct 30, 2021
- 6 min
Khalid Al Mulla, a renaissance man who turned his love for super-cars into an exclusive global brand
Hailing from the city of Dubai, Khalid Al-Mulla is an Emirate private banker, entrepreneur and influencer who was able to take his love...
Majid Alhusseini
- Oct 4, 2021
- 1 min
How Tory lanez Potentially Made 3 Million Dollars in 10 minutes with NFT's.
Tory Lanez suprised himself and everyone else with the recent sale of his NFT album. One million copies of the album released on new...
Majid Alhusseini
- Sep 8, 2021
- 1 min
This is how much money Kanye West made from Donda so far.
Kanye’s much anticipated album Donda has proved to be a major success. Ye made millions even before the album was released, the strategic...
Majid Alhusseini
- Aug 27, 2021
- 4 min
Qasimi, A Groundbreaking Fashion House Bringing Middle Eastern Culture to the world.
The Middle East's variegated and colorful world of clothing is making it's way to the world stage with the quick rise Arab fashion during...
Majid Alhusseini
- Aug 22, 2021
- 5 min
10 YouTube Channels Every Entrepreneur Should Subscribe To.
Here are 10 YouTube channels every entrepreneur should subscribe to. 1-ALUX Alux began as a channel that documented the most expensive...
Majid Alhusseini
- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
Philipp Plein is officially the first luxury fashion house to accept crypto currency payments
Luxury fashion brand Philipp Plein is now accepting cryptocurrency as payment both online and in stores. The German designer is on a...
Majid Alhusseini
- Aug 12, 2021
- 2 min
You Can Now Reserve an Overnight Stay at the Palace of Versailles for $2,000 USD a Night
France’s Palace of Versailles is now accepting overnight reservations for the first time ever, under operations by the Airelles Château...
Majid Alhusseini
- Aug 12, 2021
- 2 min
This is How Dubai is capitalizing on the cryptorich increasingly turning to real estate investments
There has been an increasing number of real estate investors who are closing property deals through cryptocurrency payments as a means of...
Majid Alhusseini
- Aug 8, 2021
- 1 min
Dogecoin Co-Creator Says Cryptocurrency Is Now "Controlled by a Powerful Cartel of Wealthy Figures"
Dogecoin co-creator, Jackson Palmer, recently took to Twitter to speak his thoughts on the current state of cryptocurrency. In a lengthy...
Majid Alhusseini
- Aug 8, 2021
- 4 min
Emarati Entrepreneur Budreya Faisal Founded The Region's First Athlete Brand Development Agency.
Budreya Faisal is the CEO and Founder of Ghost Concept, the 1st and only athlete brand development agency on the GCC. The Emirati...
Majid Alhusseini
- Aug 7, 2021
- 2 min
Emirati Online Fashion Marketplace Boksha Secures US$1 Million In Seed Funding Round
Boksha, an online marketplace for independent fashion designers with a focus on Khaleeji styles, has secured US$1 million from a group of...
Majid Alhusseini
- Aug 7, 2021
- 1 min
Crypto.com Signed with a $175 Million Deal with UFC.
The UFC has signed a 10-year, $175 million USD partnership with cryptocurrency marketplace Crypto.com, according to people familiar with...
Majid Alhusseini
- Aug 6, 2021
- 1 min
This Startup Gives You A Chance to Own a Piece of Digital Fashion History
You may remember The Fabricant as the first fashion company to ever release an NFT. Their Iridescence dress sold for $9500 all the way...
Majid Alhusseini
- Aug 2, 2021
- 1 min
“Godfather of Streetwear”, Hiroshi Fujiwara collaborates with Luxury car Maker Maserati.
Hiroshi Fujiwara has continued to push the boundaries of design for over three decades. Still eager to take on new challenges, the...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jul 30, 2021
- 2 min
These Two Fearless Egyptian Ladies Are Teaching Millions Of Arab Women How To Code
Founded by Bahia El Sharkawy and Eman El Koshairy in 2015, Al Makinah aims to immerse young students to the art of Computing and computer...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jul 28, 2021
- 2 min
Facebook To Pay Out More Than $1 Billion USD to Creators Throughout 2022.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that the social network will pay out more than $1 billion USD to content creators on both...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jul 28, 2021
- 2 min
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund Buys Stake In Mclaren
The McLaren Group received a £550m equity investment with much of it coming from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and global...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jul 22, 2021
- 2 min
This Crypto Startup Just Secured $8M in Funding to Change The Landscape Of Fashion
RTFKT — the digital fashion powerhouse that made history this February selling $3.1 million worth of NFT sneakers in just seven minutes...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jul 22, 2021
- 2 min
El Salvador Is Giving Each Citizen $30 USD Worth of Bitcoin
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is offering citizens $30 USD worth of bitcoin when they sign up to the government’s new crypto...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jul 19, 2021
- 2 min
Jeff Bezos Officially Steps Down as CEO of Amazon
Longtime Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who has helmed the company since its founding in 1994, has officially handed over his title to former...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jul 18, 2021
- 1 min
This Tiny Leonardo Da Vinci Sells For a Record $12.2 Million USD at Auction
Leonardo da Vinci‘s Head of a Bear, which is approximately the size of a postage stamp, sold for a record £8.9 million GBP ($12.2 million...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jul 16, 2021
- 1 min
Elite Watch Trader Mike, AKA RM Plug Talks About How He Rose To The Top Of The Watch Trading Game.
Mike AKA the RM Plug is a Miami based entrepreneur and a top level watch trader of Ghanaian origin. Growing up around a father who was an...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jul 13, 2021
- 1 min
Netflix Expanded It's Emergency Relief Fund To The Arab Region, Giving $500,000 To Arab Filmmakers.
In collaboration with the Arab Fund of Arts & Culture (AFAC), Netflix has announced an expansion of its emergency relief fund, which is...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jul 9, 2021
- 1 min
Red Sea Film Festival Allocates $10 Million Fund For Arab and African Films
The Red Sea Film Foundation, the Saudi Arabian organization that overseas the kingdom’s Red Sea International Film Festival, has launched...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jul 9, 2021
- 1 min
Saudi Arabia’s Fastest Woman Yasmine Al Dabbagh is set to compete in Tokyo Olympics
The world’s largest sporting event is almost here—and it’s not short of Arab representation, of course. But Yasmine Al Dabbagh is...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jul 5, 2021
- 2 min
Spotify Goes After "Clubhouse" , With Its Latest Product "GreenRoom"
Spotify has just recently announced the launch of a new social-audio network called GreenRoom. The already well-established streaming...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jul 2, 2021
- 1 min
A Breakdown of Kevin Hart's Lucrative Acting Career.
Kevin Hart earns up to $10-15m per film but he also charges Hollywood studios an extra fee if they want the film promoted across his...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jul 1, 2021
- 4 min
This UAE Based Brand Is Taking Arab Luxury Fashion To A New Forefront.
Founded by Hassan Thurabi and Azmi Shams, Ghayat is an Arab luxury fashion brand. The brand offers modern luxury fashion that is inspired...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 30, 2021
- 1 min
Dubai based startup Tabby raises $50M in Debt Financing from San Fran Firm
Dubai-based buy now, pay later platform, Tabby, has raised $50 million in debt financing funds from San Francisco-based Partners for...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 29, 2021
- 1 min
This Saudi fintech app just raised a Seven-Figure investment ahead of launch.
Saudi fintech platform, Tweeq, has successfully completed an undisclosed seven-figure investment in a round co-led by the MENA region's...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 28, 2021
- 1 min
How Steven Spielberg Became a Billionaire
Steven Spielberg director of Jaws, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones and more isn’t a billionaire from his movies, but from a theme park deal...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 28, 2021
- 2 min
A Riyadh based Techstars Accelerator Targets Startups from Across MENA
Global investment platform, Techstars, and Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology have partnered up to...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 27, 2021
- 1 min
Beeple, from starving artist to the world's highest paid digital artist.
’Beeple’ also known as Mike Winkelmann is now commonly known for selling the richest piece of digital art (NFT) in history. But for 13...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 26, 2021
- 1 min
Meet Peter Eskander, the man who turned his love for super-cars into a ground braking design firm.
Peter Eskander is a New York based entrepreneur and car enthusiast of Egyptian origin. His love for cars was cultivated from him seeing...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 26, 2021
- 1 min
Will Connor Mcgreggor Be The Next Billionaire Athlete?
8-10 years ago Conor McGregor was living off $235 weekly welfare cheques. Today he is one of the highest paid athletes in the world....
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 26, 2021
- 2 min
How a Saudi Arabian AI startup is revolutionizing road safety across the world
Hazen.ai is a Saudi startup focusing on artificial intelligence based traffic analytics and monitoring solutions. Launched in 2017 by...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 25, 2021
- 1 min
How Jay-Z and Oprah X6 Their Money In Just 10 Months.
Have you ever had a carton of Oatly? The plant-based Swedish milk company had an IPO this week. Jay Z and Oprah both invested in the...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 25, 2021
- 2 min
In a historic move, Saudi Arabia allows foreign ownership of sports clubs, academies and centers
The Saudi Ministry of Sport has launched 'Nafes', a new online licensing platform to encourage investors from around the world to take...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 21, 2021
- 2 min
Ferrari launches it's first in-house fashion collection
On Sunday Ferrari stepped up a gear to make its debut on a circuit so fast-moving and cutthroat it makes F1 look restrained: the fashion...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 21, 2021
- 2 min
Meet Bernard Arnault, The King Of Luxury
When you look at the Forbes billionaire list, the men at the top made most of their money in tech, then you Bernard Arnault at number 3...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 21, 2021
- 1 min
Floyd Maywaether is releasing his own NFT collection.
Legendary boxer and sports icon Floyd Mayweather Jr released his first ever NFT collection which is officially available on Rarible. The...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 18, 2021
- 2 min
Abu Dhabi plans $6 billion spending in cultural sector.
Abu Dhabi plans to invest $6 billion (AED22 billion) in the cultural and creative industries over the next five years as the energy-rich...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 18, 2021
- 2 min
A Breakdown of Salt Bea's Restaurant Empire.
Nusret Gokce commonly known as ‘Salt Bae’ is founder of one of the most popular restaurant chains today. He worked as a butcher for 15...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 14, 2021
- 6 min
An introduction into the rising NFT market and how to navigate through it with Gabe Roszak.
Gabe Roszak is an entreprneur, crypto expert and PR Strategist. For the last 11 years he has been working as a PR strategist for UHNW...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 9, 2021
- 2 min
How a US Firm Is Turning Air into Bottled Water in the UAE Desert
An Arizona-based tech firm is turning air in the UAE’s Arabian Desert into drinking water, which is a method of growing plants that...
Majid Alhusseini
- Jun 8, 2021
- 1 min
Jeff Bezos Plans to Fly to Space With His Brother Next Month
Outgoing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has shone a light on his plans after he steps down from the company he founded. After his last day at...
Majid Alhusseini
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
20 Elon Musk Quotes That Will Make You Think About Life
With his recent appearance on SNL and the price fluctuations he has been causing in the crypto space, Billionaire businessman Elon Musk...
Majid Alhusseini
- May 4, 2021
- 2 min
20 Motivational Quotes BY Successful Entrepreneurs That Will Inspire You To Take Action.
The best way to get yourself motivated and taking action on your goals, especially when feeling down or hitting a plateau, is to take in...
Majid Alhusseini
- Apr 1, 2021
- 1 min
Meet Jeff Hamilton, The Fashion Legend Behind Some Of The Most Iconic Jackets.
Jeff Hamilton is a fashion designer and entrepreneur who was born in Morocco and moved to LA in the 70's. Hamilton started his career by...