Mounir El Khoury
Mounir El Khoury is an entrepreneur and CEO of internationally based Market Key. He hails from Beirut, Lebanon, where his childhood was shaped by the conflicts experienced during Lebanon's civil war. His excellent academic accomplishments, inquisitive outlook, and interest in the world around him gave birth to his entrepreneurial spirit. He started in Middle School, designing and selling private-label swimwear collections during summer vacations and executing small-scale business deals. Small profits convinced him to major in Business Marketing at university.
At the age of 17, Mounir co-founded Market Key with his brother in Beirut, Lebanon; the next year, he enrolled at Notre Dame University of Lebanon and by 25, had completed the University’s degree with a double major in Business Marketing and Advertising. He quickly joined the Master's program of the American University of Beirut, majoring in International Law and Diplomacy.
Determined to position Market Key as a leading international management consultancy and solutions company, he strategized the company’s business expertise to emphasize Management Consultancy and Solutions, Human Resources and Recruiting, Exhibitions and Events, and Publishing. Complementing twelve years of outstanding accomplishments in Market Key’s original channels, Mounir expanded his original business model to embrace an additional niche stream of training programs in collaboration with the Florida-based International Institute of Modern Butlers as a Partner in 2010, thereby deepening and extending its services for employers and job seekers.
El Khoury manages four Market Key-owned offices in Beirut, Dubai, Doha, and Florida, along with the company’s 21 affiliates throughout the world. In opening the Florida office, he added green initiatives for the hospitality industry and began assisting American companies with breakthrough products to find funding as well as open operations in the Middle East and North Africa).
He lives with his wife and two sons in Lebanon.