# Ahmad Ashkar

> Ahmad Ashkar is a startup investor at Gulf Business (New York). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Gulf Business](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gulf-business)
- Location: New York, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aashkar
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/askashkar

Ahmad Ashkar is a startup investor at Gulf Business in New York. Mr. Ahmad Ashkar is the Founder and CEO of the Hult Prize Foundation - named in a TIME Magazine cover story featuring the top five ideas changing the world. The 2016 Esquire Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year, Ahmad has spent nearly a decade creating, launching and advising for-good, for-profit companies in more than 100 countries. He is a leadingauthority in entrepreneurship, innovation and venture philanthropy, and serves as an advisory board member of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and is a member of the Entrepreneurs Expert Network of the World Economic Forum.

## About Gulf Business

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Gulf Business.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ahmad Ashkar | Top 100 Most Powerful Arabs | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahmad-ashkar |

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