Saeed Azhar

Saeed founded a volunteering group in 2013, over 10+ years ago in 10 cities across Saudi Arabia. Now, his foundation, Joy of Youth has more than 1M beneficiaries with 6,000-7,000 volunteers in Saudi Arabia. He received an honorary award for the best volunteering story for 2020 from the Minister of Human Development and Community Development, and holds a Guinness World Record for Joy of Youth. Previously Saeed worked as a customer service manager for 3 years at Al Baik Company. He has a bachelor’s degree from the US in Information Systems and Operations Management and MBA in Hospitality and Tourism Management. Now, he is the founder and CEO of a touristic project: Ahway, and a lecturer at Um Al Qora Univeristy in Tourism and Hospitality. He also runs the Saudi Tourism Memo: News and updates on the tourism in Saudi, which offers a free subscription.