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About
Samer El Gharib is the founder and CEO of Slighter, a smart device that uses artificial intelligence to track smoking habits and support smoking reduction. The device has been featured by The Next Web, BBC, and Daily Mail, and has received recognition including a Harvard Business Week award, Big Booster, and the UK Lebanon Tech Hub competition. Before founding Slighter, he worked in the media industry as an actor and TV anchor, and later served as general manager overseeing the creation of three TV stations.
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Experience
- SlighterFounder & CEOcurrent2015 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
- MTVHead Of Promotion Department2012 — 2016Naccache - Metn - Lebanon
- AWI CompanyAl Balad Online Manager Regional2010 — 2012
- AWI - Al Waseet InternationalGeneral Manager2008 — 2011
- AL Watan Tv - NewspaperDirector of Programing and Production2007 — 2008Kuwait
- Rotana TVChannel Manager2003 — 2007Lebanon
- Rotana TVHEAD OF PROMOTION DEPARTMENT2003 — 2004
Skills & more
Strategy14Management14Television99Digital Media83Broadcast99New Media53Media Production19Advertising43Broadcast Television9Editing41Video Production15Video12
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Marketing StrategyDigital MarketingMarketing CommunicationsDigital StrategyPublic RelationsEntertainmentMarketingRadioMedia PlanningBrand ManagementLanguages English · French
- Certificate in Strategic Thinking and Performance Management — The George Washington University School of Business
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- Who is Samer El Gharib?
- Samer El Gharib is the founder and CEO of Slighter, a smart device that uses artificial intelligence to track smoking habits and support smoking reduction. The device has been featured by The Next Web, BBC, and Daily Mail, and has received recognition including a Harvard Business Week award, Big Booster, and the UK Lebanon Tech Hub competition. Before founding Slighter, he worked in the media industry as an actor and TV anchor, and later served as general manager overseeing the creation of three TV stations.
- Where does Samer El Gharib work?
- Samer El Gharib is Founder of Slighter.
- What companies did Samer El Gharib found?
- Samer El Gharib founded Slighter.
- Where did Samer El Gharib go to school?
- Samer El Gharib studied at The George Washington University (Certificate in Strategic Thinking and Performance Management, Business Administration and Management); Lebanese University - Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture (Master's degree, Fine and Studio Arts Management); American University of Beirut (Certificate, Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Management).
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