| Maha Al-Ghunaim | |
| Native Name: | مها الغنيم |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Birth Place: | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| Nationality: | Kuwaiti |
| Alma Mater: | San Francisco State University |
Maha Al-Ghunaim is a Kuwaiti businesswoman, who was the chair and managing director of the Kuwaiti investment firm GIH (Global Investment House).[1] [2]
Maha Al-Ghunaim graduated from San Francisco State University in 1982.[3]
Earlier in her career, al-Ghunaum was the Assistant General Manager of the asset management in the Kuwait Investment Company.[4] She co-founded GIH (Global Investment House) in 1998 and it became listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2008. By 2006, GIH managed some $7 billion in assets offering a variety of different funds, and ventured into investment with India, China and Turkey. In 2005, GIH was responsible for aiding Lebanese telecom Investcom's established in London and Dubai, with $200 million in funds. According to Bloomberg she was the global chairperson of GIH from March 2007 to September 2014, until the closure of the firm on April 17, 2017.[4] In 2010, al-Ghunaim was named 94th in their Power Women 100 list.[5] She also heads the Kuwaiti chapter of Young Arab Leaders, a pan-Arab organization which aims to develop education and entrepreneurship in Kuwait.[6]