My life in a nutshell
At 26 years old, George became the youngest Vice President at the Toronto Stock Exchange – based out of Chicago to help U.S. companies in the Midwest go public in Canada. Previous to joining the TSX, George lead the marketing & business development for a growing financial technology startup, owl.co and before that led the business development office in Toronto for Canada’s #1 mid-market technology M&A firm called Sampford Advisors.
By day, he works with entrepreneurs
📲 Co-Founder & CEO at BookBack – an app for students to trade, buy and/or sell books (available in Stores for iOS & Android). In just the first day of launch, BookBack cracked the top 100 charts for free apps under the “Books” category and has been featured in several media publications like CheddarU, Toronto Guardian, The961, and leCommerce.
🎙️ Founder & Host of Let’s Grab Coffee – a podcast that aims to interview successful individuals in different industries (100+ episodes).
🌱 Community Builder – working with youth influencers to create & co-host events that advocate for and promote innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship.
✍🏽 Blogger at georgekhalife.com (ranked as one of the top Lebanese blogs to follow as per The961.com) and published author on LinkedIn.
🗣️ Speaker – has spoken at Telfer School of Management (sales workshop), Shopify (ImpactX), League of Innovators, University of Toronto (entrepreneurial workshop), and was the Keynote Speaker at IEEE’s Annual Canadian Student Congress.
Personal Life
George is a proud graduate of the Telfer School of Management (University of Ottawa) holding a Bachelors in Finance and a certificate in Personal Financial Services Advice (PFSA) from the Canadian Securities Institute.