Bio

Andreas Roell is a 20-year technology and advertising veteran, and has founded and built a diverse set of successful companies. In the 1990s, Andreas co-founded the first website for athletes, before going on to build one of the largest independent digital marketing agencies in the early 2000s. He continued his entrepreneurial path by developing the world’s leading Arabic video-streaming platform, and by incubating successful ventures in the areas of artificial intelligence, programmatic media, Amazon services and SaaS. A former professional soccer player in Germany, Andreas is an active philanthropist – with a focus on combatting underprivileged youth development through social learning via sport, and reduction of the technical divide.