The Saudi Entrepreneur Abdulla Elyas

Abdulla Elyas, one of Saudi Arabia’s most notable business leaders, has had considerable success in software project management and consulting, and he is a founding partner of Careem International.

Abdulla Elyas’ Upbringing and Education

He was born in Germany and has Saudi citizenship. He received his PhD in business administration from Rhine-Westphalian Technical University in Aachen, Germany, in 2008, as well as his master’s degree in computer science from the same university in 2002.

Likewise, he is the chief operating officer and co-founder of the “Careem Company,” an online cab booking service.

In addition, he has been a member of the General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises (Monshaat) and the Board of Directors of Bupa Cooperative Insurance Company since 2019.

His Leadership Roles and Real-World Experience

He has over ten years of expertise leading and consulting on software projects for large, international corporations like Mercedes-Benz.

He worked at SAP in Germany from 2004 to 2008, where he gained substantial professional experience in software project management and consulting.

Abdulla Elyas has worked as a consultant for several worldwide companies, including PepsiCo in the United States, Vodafone in Malaysia, and SABIC in Saudi Arabia.

In Aixplain AG, he worked from 2001 to 2002 as a software developer and analyst of artificial intelligence.

From 1996 until 2001, he worked as a software engineer for Debis Systemhaus GmbH and Daimler Benz.