Ghassan Halazon

Ghassan Halazon
Citizenship	Canadian Jordanian
Education	MBA, Georgetown University BCOM, McGill University
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Title	Founder, 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]

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]

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. [4]

Public speaking

In 2011, Halazon presented a talk at the TEDx Talk Dead Sea.[5] In 2018, he presented a talk at the TechTO conference entitled 'Beyond the Wreckage.[6] In November 2018, Halazon was a speaker at the Harvard Arab Conference.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

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. 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. "Board of Directors". Canadian Arab Institute. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
5. "TEDxDeadSea | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
6. TechToronto. "TechToronto.org". TechToronto. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
7. "Startup Pitch Competition". Arab Conf Harvard 19. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
8. "TeamBuy aims to be destination beyond daily deals". Retrieved 2019-10-02.
9. "About". Be-Abled Society. Retrieved 2019-10-01.