Mudassir Sheikha is the CEO and Co-Founder of Careem. He grew up in Karachi, Pakistan, before graduating from the University of Southern California with dual degrees in Economics and Computer Science, and obtained his Master’s in Computer Science with a specialization in Databases from Stanford University. Mudassir’s career in tech started with Silicon Valley startup “Brience”, and then as a summer associate at Venture Finance Group, working with seed-stage companies in the software and consumer internet industry. He then moved back to Pakistan where he co-founded DeviceAnywhere, a company that was acquired by Keynote in 2008, before joining management consulting firm McKinsey & Company in Dubai. Four years later in 2012, he left to build something big and meaningful with ex-McKinsey colleague Magnus Olsson. Their mission was to simplify and improve the lives of people in the Middle East region and build an awesome organisation that inspires. What they created was Careem, which today is the leading technology platform for the region, operating in more than 80 cities in 10 countries, with 1400+ colleagues and more than 2.5 million Captains. When he’s not working, Mudassir is learning how to scale growing organizations as a founding board member of Endeavor Pakistan, and spending time with his wife and four daughters.