Ibrahim AlHusseini

Ibrahim AlHusseini
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Washington
OccupationVenture capitalist
Organizations
  • FullCycle
  • Husseini Group
WebsiteOfficial Website

Ibrahim AlHusseini is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and environmentalist.[1][2] He is the founder and CEO of FullCycle, an investment company accelerating the deployment of climate-restoring technologies.[3][4] AlHusseini is also the founder and managing partner of The Husseini Group.[5]

He is the secretary of the anti-war group, Code Pink, and was previously a board member of the Center for Integral Wisdom.[6][7] He served as the co-executive producer of the 2013 Academy Award-nominated documentary, The Square.[8][9] In 2015, AlHusseini won a Global Green Millennium Award for his efforts in combating global climate change.[10][11]

Early life and education

AlHusseini was born in Jordan and was raised in Saudi Arabia by parents who are Palestinian refugees.[12] He immigrated to the United States in the 1990s to attend college at the University of Washington, and currently resides in Los Angeles.[13]

Career

Financial career

AlHusseini has started and sold numerous companies throughout his entrepreneurial career. These include MECA Communications, which introduced the world's first interoperable instant messaging application Natural Solutions, and PakIT, the last of which is a packaging company that developed food-grade packaging material from biodegradable cellulose.[14][15][16]

He was also an early investor in Tesla Motors, Bloom Energy, Aspiration, Uber, CleanChoice Energy and numerous other companies with an environmentally-friendly focus.[5][17]

In 2013, AlHusseini founded the FullCycle, an investment firm[18] that focuses on climate-critical technologies and infrastructure projects. The investments are in technologies that target short-lived climate pollutants.[19][20] The company has made investments in engineering and technology firm, Synova,[1][21] controlled environment agriculture company, Sustainitech, textile innovations company, Evrnu and micro-hydro startup, InPipe Energy.[22]

AlHusseini has been a vocal critic of the Trump administration's immigration policies.[23]

Entertainment career

In 2013, AlHusseini co-executive produced the documentary, The Square, about the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 that began at Tahrir Square.[8][9] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 86th Academy Awards.[24] The film was also nominated for 4 Emmy Awards and won 3 at the 66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.[25] He is also the executive producer on the films, Space Oddity and Canary.

Recognition and awards

In 2015, AlHusseini was honored with a Millennium Award from the Global Green organization.[10][11] In September 2020, he was recognized in the Impact 50 list of the most notable impact investors presented by Forbes.[26]

References

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  2. ^ "The Man Ensuring Humanity Doesn't Drown in its Own Garbage". RealLeaders. March 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Nuwer, Rachel (2 August 2018). "We're drowning in trash. These Dutch scientists have a solution". Washington Post.
  4. ^ "VIDEO: Clean Investment Firm FullCycle Backs Waste Gasification Technology". Waste Management World. November 23, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Play BIG: Featured Stories". RSF Social Finance. 2015. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  6. ^ Roberts, Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford, Ash Ngu, Brandon (2013-05-09). "Codepink Women For Peace, Full Filing - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved 2024-10-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Play BIG: Featured Stories - RSF Social Finance". 2015-10-07. Archived from the original on 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  8. ^ a b Tatum, Simon (6 March 2015). "From Film to Clean Fuel". Simon Tatum. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Ibrahim Alhusseini". www.imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  10. ^ a b Pener, Degen (8 June 2015). "Global Green Millennium Awards: Vandana Shiva Urges Hollywood, "Use Your Freedom for the Rest of the World"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  11. ^ a b "Global Green USA Millennium Awards". www.globalgreen.org. Global Green USA. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  12. ^ Johnson, Cynthia (7 March 2018). "The Man Ensuring Humanity Doesn't Drown in its Own Garbage". RealLeaders.
  13. ^ "Full Cycle Energy turns garbage into green business opportunity". National Observer. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  14. ^ "Ibrahim Alhusseini". www.bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  15. ^ "Company Overview of PAKIT, Inc". www.bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  16. ^ "Company Overview of MECA Communications Inc". Bloomberg. April 18, 2019.
  17. ^ "BOARD OF ADVISORS". Social Innovation Capital. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  18. ^ Momtaz, Rym (19 January 2020). "Davos Playbook: The big 5-0 — Green theme — CEO disease". POLITICO. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  19. ^ "We're drowning in trash. These Dutch scientists have a solution". The Washington Post. August 2, 2018.
  20. ^ Chasan, Emily (26 February 2020). "The Future Climate Economy Will Be Decentralized". Bloomberg.com.
  21. ^ "From Garbage To Gold". Yahoo. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  22. ^ Danko, Pete (August 18, 2021). "InPipe Energy, a Portland micro-hydro startup, lands VC, project support". Portland Business Journal.
  23. ^ "How Trump's immigration policies hurt American business". New Statesman America. March 21, 2019.
  24. ^ "The 86th Academy Awards - 2014". www.oscars.org. Academy Awards. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  25. ^ "Egyptian documentary The Square wins three Emmy awards". Al-Ahram. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  26. ^ "Impact 50: Investors Seeking Profit—And Pushing For Change". Forbes.