MBA Fakhro is a visionary enterprise within the strategic environs of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Its long-term objective is to be a private boutique financial services company that can attract financial capital and talent to Bahrain in line with the strategic vision of Bahrain to develop its financial services industry. The vision of MBA Fakhro is to be a modern version of European family-owned banking companies like NM Rothschild’s and MM Warburg and to be a pioneer as a regional family-owned financial company. In addition, it aims to be similar to Softbank in its focus on venture capital and technology, and similar to JP Morgan in its focus on orchestrating deals that transform industries. It aims to be similar to Kleiner Perkins in its focus on venture capital, and similar to Investcorp in its ability to channel funds from east to west. It also aims to be like IdeaLab and Atomic VC as a leader in building technology ventures with co-investors.
While the company aims to start by managing Venture Capital funds, it aims to branch out within financial services to also offer advisory services over time (Investment Banking). It also aims to create Private Equity funds in food and beverage to leverage the experience of the founder in the field. Furthermore, it aims over time to branch out to Wealth Management, fintech, and other financial services after being granted the licenses to operate such services. In addition, the ventures that are built by the group will be clubbed under an entity of MBA Fakhro to focus on building Greenfield Capital projects with co-investors through collective investment undertakings.
MBA Fakhro aims to be a multifaceted financial services company based in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Our founder, Mohamed Adel Fakhro (Mo Fakhro) graduated with honors with an undergraduate degree in economics from Stanford University, and is an heir to the Fakhro and Almoayyed family businesses (both of which are ranked by Forbes Magazine to be amongst the top 100 family businesses in the Middle East). He is in a unique position to leverage his knowledge and contacts to manage funds of third parties and provide advice. Stanford is one of the hardest universities in the world to be admitted to as an undergraduate. Mohamed Fakhro graduated in 2000 and became the first Bahraini ever to do so. His standout academic performance was in maths and economics and he scored amongst the top 1% in the world in these subjects. Both fields are highly relevant to the financial services industry and will serve MBA Fakhro well in terms of knowledge and reputation as it develops within financial services. Since graduating from Stanford, he has been involved in founding and leading scores of companies for himself and his family and is regarded as one of the top businessmen in the Arab world. You can learn more about him and the companies he associates with here
MBA Fakhro aims to achieve its goals over the short to medium term through: 1) Being a conduit between the abundant capital of the GCC and the fertile technological landscape of Silicon Valley as well as other tech hubs like Bangalore and Shenzhen, 2) Being a conduit between restaurant and mercantile franchises from the US and capital from the GCC by creating Private Equity funds to invest in these fields, 3) Offering financial advisory/investment banking services to clients in the GCC, 4) Being a leader in Greenfield Capital by creating leading technology, life sciences, foods, and manufacturing companies under collective investment undertakings.
The company’s long-term vision is to be a multi-billion dollar AUM financial services company and to advise on significant regional and international deals, out of our headquarters in the Kingdom of Bahrain. We aim to thus create wealth for our stakeholders while also benefitting Bahrain through inward fund flows, taxes, and reputation. In the process, we aim to change the world positively through technology, by creating and financing the companies of the future through our Greenfield Capital and Venture Capital funds.