Mohamad Al Baghdadi is a seasoned entrepreneur specializing in emerging markets. He has over two decades of expertise in EdTech and digital publishing industries. Throughout his career, he cultivated a formidable array of skills pivotal to his professional ascent, including content marketing, business administration, and adept management of profits and losses.
Having held various managerial roles, Mohamad is renowned as the Founder and CEO of Al Manhal (now Kezana), a pioneering digital content platform revolutionizing Arabic literature dissemination globally since its inception in 2010. Today, boasting over 2 million digital copies from approximately 800 Arab publishers, Kezana serves as an indispensable resource utilized by over 4.5 million students across 400 universities and 1,400 schools worldwide. Prior to this venture, he steered the helm at TechKnowledge and served as the co-founder and VP of International Sales at ebrary, where his tenure spanned over a decade.
Mohamad earned a Bachelor of Science in Systems & Control Engineering from the Case Western Reserve University in 1994 and an MBA from Thunderbird Graduate School of Global Management, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Alongside his extensive professional background and academic achievements, he exhibits fluency in multiple foreign languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.