Ghassan Halazon is a decorated e-commerce entrepreneur with a decade worth of scaling some of Canada’s most coveted e-commerce brands. 

Ghassan’s entrepreneurial journey started at the age of 25. Over the past decade, companies founded or acquired by Halazon have saved Canadians close to $1 billion, hired 350 employees, and raised capital from over 150 global investors. 

Ghassan is founder and CEO of EMERGE Commerce Inc. TSXV: ECOM , a rapidly growing acquirer and operator of niche e-commerce businesses with 2 million members across North America, counting leading consumer sites such as truLOCAL.ca, UnderPar.com, WagJag.com, JustGolfStuff.ca, and BeRightBack.ca under its portfolio. 

EMERGE was recognized as the fastest growing e-commerce business on the Startup 50 by Canadian Business and Maclean’s. EMERGE also ranked in the Top 5 Retail/ E-Commerce category by The Globe & Mail’s Canada’s Top Growing Companies list.

Ghassan is an avid e-commerce and technology speaker haven given keynote speeches and fireside chats at Harvard, TEDx, TechTO, and TechStars among others.

Ghassan and his companies have been featured on major news and technology publications including the Financial Post, Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, CBC (Dragons' Den), CTV, BetaKit, and BornDigital.

Formerly, Halazon was an Investment Banker with Citi (New York) where he advised on $5Bn+ worth of capital raising and M&A transactions

Ghassan holds an MBA from Georgetown University, and a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University.

Halazon sits on the Boards of the Canadian Arab Institute, a non-partisan organization that promotes Canadian interests by researching and articulating the perspective and potential of Canadian Arabs and advancing their contributions to society. Ghassan is also a board member of the Be-Abled Society, a not-for-profit that enables individuals with non-visible disabilities transition back into everyday life

Ghassan resides in Toronto, Canada and is originally from Amman, Jordan.

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