How Youssef Kabbaj Can Help You Get the Most From Your Investments Youssef Kabbaj, the former Head of the Strategic Coverage Group at Goldman Sachs is currently serving as Group Managing Director at Whitestones Partners, a merchant bank specializing in frontier markets. Whitestones Partners provides advisory services for asset management, principal investment, capital markets, strategy and other solutions related to business investments. Youssef’s role at the Whitestones Partners includes providing advisory services to the business clients for M&A buy-side, corporate finance, M&A sell-side and divestiture, capital markets, investments and much more. Founded in 2014 by a group of former Goldman Sachs, J P Morgan and Merrill Lynch bankers, Whitestones Partners has now become one of the fastest growing banks in the industry with offices in various cities of the world including Paris, Dubai and Rabat in Morocco. Youssef Kabbaj and his team at Whitestones Partners possess deep local market knowledge that becomes crucial for the investors looking to leverage maximum benefits from their investment portfolio. Investing in Fairjungle Youssef Kabbaj is also one of the key investors for the Paris-based startup Fairjungle which has recently raised ₏ 1.8 m to accelerate the deployment of its modern business travel management solution in various regions of Europe and beyond. Fairjungle allows business travellers to save 20% to 25% on their travel budgets with its proprietary algorithm based on machine learning. Youssef Kabbaj started his career with Goldman Sachs, the leading global investment banking company where he served for more than three years in two different roles as the Head of North Africa Coverage and as the Head of Strategic Coverage. He has specialist level knowledge on a range of financial solutions including alternative financing, special situations, hedge funding, asset sourcing and private equity. Highly successful career Youssef Kabbaj Goldman Sachs former employee has a highly successful career in investment banking and consulting. He has served at lead positions in the top companies in the banking sector and finance, including Exotix and GLG Partners, now known as Man GLG. At GLG
Partners, he served in the capacity of the CEO of the Middle East and North Africa coverage that included asset sourcing and fundraising. Education Youssef Kabbaj completed his M.Sc. in Engineering Systems Division in the year 2003 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Sharing insights through blogs In his recently posted blog titled “Becoming Frugal with Your Finances”, Youssef Kabbaj Goldman Sachs former banker says that while there are many applications out there that make it easier for you to spend money through the convenience of your smartphone, there are a good number of apps that many people are not aware of that are geared to building a budget. These budgeting apps help you save money subconsciously as many of them do not require you to even open them to save money. What a brilliant idea that Youssef Kabbaj has shared with the readers through his blog! For those still following old school methods of savings, he says that by following the 50/30/20 Rule of Thumb, you can manage your budget by limiting your needs to 50 percent of your after tax income, limiting your wants to 30 percent and spending 20 percent on savings and debt repayments. In his another blog titled “The Benefits of Mobile Payment Technology”, Youssef Kabbaj says that the ease of spending money through smartphones could ultimately lead to more money being spent and how the technology is improving consumer shopping behavior online and instore, leading to a plethora of benefits for the businesses. Visit us: http://whitestones.com