Originally from the suburbs of Tripoli, Lebanon. Ali was raised in a catholic french school. He received a scholarship at the age of 16 to be an exchange student in the US, and with that he widened his dreams, ambitions and drive.
Ali was a refugee several times from 2005 until 2014, the first being after the Israeli invasion, the second time in 2012 after the Outbreak of ISIS and then he decided to leave Lebanon in 2015.
He moved to UAE after finishing his MBA from the Lebanese American University and started working in the Sales department with P&G and within one year, he moved to Nestle UAE. Fast Forward to six years later and he is the Strategic National Key Account Manager, managing portfolios with sales that ranged from 10 to 90M USD/year, with a team ranging from 4 to 68 people.
Ali wanted to embrace Innovation and entrepreneurship after an 8 years experience in corporate, so he decided to come to Canada and do his masters in innovation at Queens University.
Ali Zaydan is currently the CEO and co-founder of Drivisa.
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