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Omar K. Alghanim
Omar K. Alghanim
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Executive profile · Kuwait

Omar K. Alghanim Verified

عمر قتيبة الغانم
Founder and Chairman, YAKOA
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Record status: Editorially verified Last verified: 1 Oct 2026 Last updated: 3 Oct 2026 Sources: 3

Biography

Omar K. Alghanim is Founder and Chairman of YAKOA. Omar Alghanim chaired the Family Business Community (FBC), then called Family Business Council Gulf, from 2018 to 2024, handing over to Hind Bahwan in December 2024, and remains on its board.

Current positions

Founder and Chairman
YAKOA

Board positions

Previous positions

2018 – 2024

Career timeline

  1. Current
    Founder and Chairman
    YAKOA
  2. Current
    Board Member
    Family Business Community
  3. 2018 – 2024
    Chairman
    Family Business Community

News & interviews

News

Family Business Council Gulf is now Family Business Community

The GCC chapter of FBN International now goes by a new name and logo, in the week of its Annual Summit in Abu Dhabi. Here is who leads it.

Sources

  1. 1. Leadership: Board of Directors and NxG Committee Family Business Community · read 1 Oct 2026 Supports: profile
  2. 2. Hind Bahwan appointed as chairperson of the Family Business Council Gulf Muscat Daily · read 1 Oct 2026 Supports: profile
  3. 3. عمر قتيبة الغانم يفوز بلقب «أفضل رجل أعمال للعام» من «آريبيان بزنس» Argaam · read 1 Oct 2026 Supports: Arabic name “عمر قتيبة الغانم”