Roy Nouhra
{{Short description|Lebanese-Canadian businessman, investor, race car driver and engineer}}
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Roy Raymond Nouhra (November 14, 1974) is a Lebanese-Canadian businessman, investor, race car driver, and engineer. He is the founder and CEO of Asis Boats and the Co-CEO of Solico group UAE.{{cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/278859|title= Follow The Leader: Roy Nouhra, Founder And President, ASIS Boats|date= 11 July 2016|publisher=|accessdate=}} In 2015, he received the Entrepreneur of the Year award at Gulf Capital SME Awards.{{cite web|url=https://smeawards.meed.com/node/1201|title= Gulf Capital SME Awards|publisher=|accessdate=}}
Early life and education
Nouhra was born in Lebanon. When he was two, his family moved out of Lebanon to Paris, France because of the war in Lebanon. They lived in Neuilly-sur-Seine and Nouhra went to St Croix Neuilly School. When he was twelve, he and his mother moved to Montreal, Canada, where he studied at Collège de Montréal, graduating in 1991.{{cite web|url=http://www.openpr.com/news/428840/FAST-TIMES-For-ASIS-Boats-Roy-Nouhra-driving-a-fast-car-slows-everything-down.html |title=FAST TIMES, For ASIS Boats' Roy Nouhra, driving a fast car slows everything down|date=6 February 2017 |publisher=|accessdate=}}{{cite web|url=http://sunseaboats.com/category/people/roy-nouhra/ |title=ASIS Boats ROY NOUHRA's love for racing}}
In 1993, Nouhra moved to the United States and joined George Washington University for Bachelors of Engineering in Civil Engineering. After graduating in 1997, he joined the Masters of Engineering Management program at the same university, which he completed in 1998.{{cite web|url= http://asisboats.com/m/2017/01/03/roy-nouhra-asis-founder-and-ceo-talks-about-worklife-balance-and-the-way-it-all-started/|title= Roy Nouhra, Asis Boats Founder and CEO Talks About Work Life Balance and the Way it All Started|publisher=|accessdate=}}
Career
After completing his education at George Washington University, Nouhra came to the UAE and began managing his family's business, Solico UAE, along with his brother Rainier Nouhra.{{cite web|url=http://gulfnews.com/business/analysis/retaining-that-personal-anchor-amid-soaring-success-1.1463268|title= Retaining that personal anchor amid soaring success|date= 27 February 2015|publisher=|accessdate=}}
In 2005, Nouhra founded Asis boats, a privately owned company that manufactures rigid inflatable boats, RIBs and Vessels.[http://www.arabianoilandgas.com/emagazines/oe_162.php Keeping the Industry Afloat] He founded the company using the already existing know how and suppliers.{{cite web|url=http://www.smartown.ae/kenya-navy-inspects-its-first-asis-rigid-inflatable-boat/ |title=Kenya navy inspects its first ASIS rigid inflatable boats|date=27 October 2015 |publisher=|accessdate=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tradearabia.com/news/BANK_293615.html|title= Asis Boats wins top Gulf Capital SME award|publisher=|accessdate=}} In 2010, Nouhra attended the OPM 42 (Owner President Management Program) in Harvard Business School and became an involved member of the HBS Alumni.
Nouhra became a board member of SWS Board Technology, a manufacturers of wakeboards and snowboards, in 2012. In 2014, he became a board member at the Sealegs International, a public company that manufactures boats in New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://www.sealegsrecreational.com/statutory-reporting.html |title= Statutory Reporting|publisher=|accessdate=}} He stepped down from the board in 2016. He also serves as the CEO of Solico Aluminum and Solico Trading.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vIqhCwAAQBAJ&q=ROy+Nouhra&pg=PA114 |title= INVESTMENT YEARBOOK 2015–2016|date= 30 December 2015|publisher=|accessdate=}}Ebelthite, Shaun. "ASIS Amphibious RIB By Land or Sea" Yachts International,Emirates, June 2014
Nouhra is the President of Entrepreneur Organization (EO) UAE Chapter.{{cite web|url=https://eonetwork.ae/board-members/ |title=Roy Nouhra-President|publisher=|accessdate=}} EO is a network for entrepreneurs, which helps entrepreneurs learn through peer-to-peer learning and connections to experts.{{cite web|url=http://www.cpifinancial.net/features/post/38706/roy-nouhra |title=Roy Nouhra|publisher=|accessdate=}} He is also a mentor at Endeavor UAE, a non-profit that supports high-impact entrepreneurs.{{cite web|url=http://eonetwork.ae/board-members/ |title= Board Members|publisher=}}
Personal life
Nouhra has had Crohn's disease since 1999. In 2010, he went on a journey to Kilimanjaro summit to show that a person with Crohn's disease can live a normal life.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7DOyLy6C1M |title=Crohns Awarness by Roy R. Nouhra on Al Hurra TV|website=YouTube |publisher=|accessdate=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeS77LVZNzc |title=Roy Nouhra and Hassan Al- Hazeem Radio Interview with Tim Elliott|website=YouTube |publisher=|accessdate=}} He is married to Elena Zogaib, and the couple has four children.
Awards and honors
2015 - Entrepreneur of the Year award at Gulf Capital SME Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.meed.com/news/gulf-capital-sme-awards-winners-revealed/3215724.article |title=Gulf Capital SME Awards winners revealed|accessdate=|publisher=}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.solicouae.com Solico UAE]
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Category:Canadian chief executives
Category:George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni