Suber Aqilyare
PresidentSuber Aqilyare is an investor and entrepreneur with several successful exits from healthcare businesses in the United States. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of St. Thomas.
After building and selling healthcare businesses, he now invests for the long term in agriculture, real estate and operating companies. He looks for durable enterprises, holds them patiently and backs strong leadership to run them.
He brings that same long-term thinking to his philanthropic work in education and economic opportunity in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, where he focuses on building institutions that serve communities for generations.
Also on the board
Amal Aqilyare
Ustadha Amal is a scholar and educator, and the founder and executive director of Strive Sisterhood.
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Education, human capital, agriculture and economic empowerment in the Somali Region.
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