Johnny Boufarhat

Johnny Boufarhat (born 1 June 1994) is an Australian-born British billionaire businessman who is the founder of virtual eventing platform, Hopin.[1][2]

Early life and career

Boufarhat was born on 1 June 1994 in Sydney, Australia to a Lebanese father who was a mechanical engineer and a Syrian-born Armenian mother who was an accountant.[3] He received his early education from the Dubai American Academy. For further studies, he went to the United Kingdom and studied mechanical engineering at the University of Manchester.[3]

In January 2019, he founded Hopin.[4] In March 2021, the company was valued at US$5.65 billion.[4]

References
  1. Times, The Sunday. "Johnny Boufarhat net worth — Sunday Times Rich List 2021" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  2. Munbodh, Emma; Scheerhout, John (25 May 2021). "The Manchester Uni grad who has become Britain's youngest self-made billionaire". Manchester Evening News.
  3. Shah, Oliver. "Interview: Johnny Boufarhat — the steak-fuelled genius behind Hopin who is a billionaire at 26" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  4. "Johnny Boufarhat". Forbes.


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