Co-Founder & Managing Partner, E11 Capital

Yousuf started his career as an entrepreneur before joining the executive-level of Dubai Government; where, he led and took part in strategic innovation-related and Economic development projects. From 2012 till March 2018, Yousuf was the Group Chief Strategy Officer of Dubai Holding where he focused on investment strategy, innovation & digitalization, and strategy & business plan development. Currently, he is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of E11 Capital, which is a global VC based in UAE & San Francisco that focuses on investing and globalizing cutting-edge pre-growth startups. In addition, he is involved with several strategic government initiatives to promote and enhance entrepreneurship ecosystem in UAE and he is an advisor to senior leadership in UAE government. He sets on boards of few tech & non-tech startups. He regularly mentors entrepreneurs and he launched a startup competition that focuses on enhancing entrepreneurship amongst Emirati university students.

He holds an Global Executive MBA from INSEAD, MPA from Lee Kuan School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and a BSc in Business Administration with concentration in Corporate Finance from Marshall Business School at University of Southern California (USC).