Philip Bahoshy

Founder and CEO at MAGNiTT

Speaker

Philip Bahoshy is the founder and CEO of MAGNiTT, the first startup data platform serving founders and investors across emerging venture markets. A firm believer that data should drive decisions, he founded MAGNiTT in 2015 and has developed it with his team into the most comprehensive enterprise SaaS platform focused on startup venture investments in the Middle East, Africa, Turkey, and Pakistan.

Philip has lived in the UAE for more than 13 years and is passionate about cross-pollinating entrepreneurship ecosystems across emerging venture markets. He sees tremendous opportunities for startups and their founders, investors, advisers, and financiers through timely access to deep insights and extensive analysis from verified data about the industry across emerging markets.

During his time in Dubai, Philip worked at Oliver Wyman in the Financial Services practice for three years, followed by nearly three years at Barclays Wealth working as Chief of Staff to the CEO, advising on strategic initiatives.

Raised in the UK with Iraqi origins, Philip obtained an MBA from INSEAD in 2013 and a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.