Ghassan Halazon

Ghassan Halazon is a Jordanian-Canadian technology and e-commerce entrepreneur. He founded EMERGE Commerce, Inc., a Toronto based acquirer and operator of direct-to-consumer e-commerce brands.[1]

Ghassan Halazon
CitizenshipCanadian
Jordanian
EducationMBA, Georgetown University
BCOM, McGill University
OccupationEntrepreneur
TitleFounder, CEO, Emerge Commerce

Life

Halazon was born and raised in Amman, Jordan. He attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, and holds an MBA from Georgetown University. He currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.[2]

Career

Halazon worked with Citigroup as an investment banker in New York before his foray into e-commerce and technology startups that began in 2010.

He founded his most recent venture, EMERGE Commerce Inc., formerly Transformational Capital Corp., an e-commerce consolidator, in 2016.[3]

In 2019, Halazon was personally fined by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission as part of violations incurred by previous e-commerce ventures and holding companies he owned and/or directed.[4]

EMERGE Commerce completed its public listing on the Toronto Venture Exchange on December 14, 2020, under ticker TSXV: ECOM.

Halazon is a member in the Board of Directors of the Canadian Arab Institute. [5]

Public speaking

In 2011, Halazon presented a talk at the TEDx Talk Dead Sea.[6] In 2018, he presented a talk at the TechTO conference entitled 'Beyond the Wreckage.[7] In November 2018, Halazon was a speaker at the Harvard Arab Conference.[8]

Media appearances

In 2011, Halazon was listed among Canada's 30 most eligible bachelors by Canada's National Post.[2]

Halazon appeared on the Canadian version of the entrepreneurship reality TV show "Dragon's Den," and attributed some of his success with TeamBuy to the exposure gained through the show.[9]

Philanthropy

Halazon sits on the Board of Directors of the Be-Abled Society, a non-profit organization that assists people with non-visible disabilities transition back into everyday life.[10]

References
  1. McClelland, Colin (November 22, 2019). "Online shopping promotion company Emerge buys UnderPar golf promotor | Financial Post". Financial Post. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  2. Scene (2011-02-11). "Shinan's Worthy 30: Toronto's most eligible men | National Post". Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  3. "EMERGE Purchases Staycation Provider WagJag". Techvibes. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  4. "Notice of Violation: Investigation into non-compliant emails sent by Couch Commerce Inc. and nCrowd, Inc. including the vicarious liability of corporate directors". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  5. "Board of Directors". Canadian Arab Institute. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  6. "TEDxDeadSea | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  7. TechToronto. "TechToronto.org". TechToronto. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  8. "Startup Pitch Competition". Arab Conf Harvard 19. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  9. "TeamBuy aims to be destination beyond daily deals". Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  10. "About". Be-Abled Society. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
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