About
Dr. El Solh is the co-founder and CEO of Gulf Capital and Managing Partner of the Private Equity division. Prior to founding Gulf Capital, Dr. El Solh was CEO of The National Investor, a leading UAE investment bank, Head of Capital Markets at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette (DLJ), now part of Credit Suisse, and a senior banker at Citigroup. Dr. El Solh has a B.S. in civil engineering from Cornell University, an MBA from Georgetown University and a doctorate in economics from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). Dr. El Solh has been named as one of the Top 100 CEOs in the Gulf by CEO Magazine and one of the 500 Most Influential Arabs by Arabian Business Magazine.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 8 investors at Gulf Capital are tracked.
- • 927 investors hold the Co-Founder and CEO role in VCSift. Karim El Solh is one of them.
- • 242 investors are based in Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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- Location
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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