Ghassan Halazon

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Ghassan Halazon
CitizenshipCanadian
Jordanian
Education MBA, Georgetown University
BCOM, McGill University
Occupation Entrepreneur
TitleFounder, CEO, Emerge Commerce

Ghassan Halazon is a Jordanian-Canadian technology and e-commerce entrepreneur. He founded EMERGE Commerce, Inc., a Toronto based acquirer and operator of direct-to-consumer e-commerce brands. [1]

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Life

Halazon was born and raised in Amman, Jordan. He attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, and holds an MBA from Georgetown University. He currently resides in Toronto, Ontario. [2]

Career

Halazon worked with Citigroup as an investment banker in New York before his foray into e-commerce and technology startups that began in 2010.

He founded his most recent venture, EMERGE Commerce Inc., formerly Transformational Capital Corp., an e-commerce consolidator, in 2016. [3]

In 2019, Halazon was personally fined by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission as part of violations incurred by previous e-commerce ventures and holding companies he owned and/or directed. [4]

EMERGE Commerce completed its public listing on the Toronto Venture Exchange on December 14, 2020, under ticker TSXV: ECOM.

Halazon is a member in the Board of Directors of the Canadian Arab Institute. [5]

Public speaking

In 2011, Halazon presented a talk at the TEDx Talk Dead Sea. [6] In 2018, he presented a talk at the TechTO conference entitled 'Beyond the Wreckage. [7] In November 2018, Halazon was a speaker at the Harvard Arab Conference. [8]

Media appearances

In 2011, Halazon was listed among Canada's 30 most eligible bachelors by Canada's National Post. [2]

Halazon appeared on the Canadian version of the entrepreneurship reality TV show "Dragon's Den," and attributed some of his success with TeamBuy to the exposure gained through the show. [9]

Philanthropy

Halazon sits on the Board of Directors of the Be-Abled Society, a non-profit organization that assists people with non-visible disabilities transition back into everyday life. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ McClelland, Colin (November 22, 2019). "Online shopping promotion company Emerge buys UnderPar golf promotor | Financial Post". Financial Post . Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Scene (2011-02-11). "Shinan's Worthy 30: Toronto's most eligible men | National Post" . Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  3. ↑ "EMERGE Purchases Staycation Provider WagJag". Techvibes. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  4. ↑ "Notice of Violation: Investigation into non-compliant emails sent by Couch Commerce Inc. and nCrowd, Inc. including the vicarious liability of corporate directors". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Board of Directors". Canadian Arab Institute. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  6. ↑ "TEDxDeadSea | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  7. ↑ TechToronto. "TechToronto.org". TechToronto. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  8. ↑ "Startup Pitch Competition". Arab Conf Harvard 19. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  9. ↑ "TeamBuy aims to be destination beyond daily deals" . Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  10. ↑ "About". Be-Abled Society. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
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