Emre Gurkan

Chief Executive Officer at Zain Iraq

📍 Kuwait🔄 Updated October 2026💼 2 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2015
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Non Executive Board Member, FOO
2015
Zain is a leading telecommunications operator across the Middle East and Africa, serving 47.8 million active customers as of 30 June 2024. With a commercial presence in 8 countries, Zain provides mobile voice and data services in: Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and South Sudan. Headquartered in the UAE, ZainTECH, the Group’s one-stop digital and ICT solutions provider, is playing a key role in the transformation of enterprise and government clientele across the MENA region. Also UAE based, Zain Omantel International (ZOI) is revolutionizing the international telecommunications wholesale landscape as the premier wholesale powerhouse serving regional operators, international carriers, and global hyperscalers. In Morocco, Zain has a 15.5% stake in ‘INWI’, through a joint venture. Zain is listed on the Boursa Kuwait (stock ticker: ZAIN). We recommend the Investor Community to download the “Zain Group Investor Relations” Mobile App. For more, please email info@zain.com
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2015
Non Executive Board Member, FOO
2015
Zain is a leading telecommunications operator across the Middle East and Africa, serving 47.8 million active customers as of 30 June 2024. With a commercial presence in 8 countries, Zain provides mobile voice and data services in: Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and South Sudan. Headquartered in the UAE, ZainTECH, the Group’s one-stop digital and ICT solutions provider, is playing a key role in the transformation of enterprise and government clientele across the MENA region. Also UAE based, Zain Omantel International (ZOI) is revolutionizing the international telecommunications wholesale landscape as the premier wholesale powerhouse serving regional operators, international carriers, and global hyperscalers. In Morocco, Zain has a 15.5% stake in ‘INWI’, through a joint venture. Zain is listed on the Boursa Kuwait (stock ticker: ZAIN). We recommend the Investor Community to download the “Zain Group Investor Relations” Mobile App. For more, please email info@zain.com
Limited Partner / Investor in Digital East Funds
2015
Founded in 1997, Pan-European VC Earlybird backs exceptional early-stage companies, supporting them through their growth and development phases and providing financial resources, strategic support, plus access to an international network and capital markets. Through two separate strategies, Earlybird focuses on tech-enabled businesses across software applications, infrastructure, and deep tech, while Earlybird Health focuses on life science breakthroughs accelerated by data-driven analytics and operations. Earlybird also has a pro-bono impact initiative, Vision Lab. With EUR 2.5 billion under management across fund streams and a history of 9 IPOs and 41 trade sales, Earlybird is among Europe’s most established and active venture capital firms. More information: www.earlybird.com X: https://x.com/EarlybirdVC LinkedIn:www.linkedin.com/company/earlybird-venture-capital Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earlybirdvc/
1992
IDEA Consulting
Entrepreneur, Co-Founder
1992