Elie Habib, a Lebanese entrepreneur and engineer, has not only become famous as a co-founder of Anghami, the most popular music streaming service in the MENA region, but also because of the invention of World Monitor, which is an open-source technology that monitors events in the world in real-time. The career of Habib is an exceptionally unique mix of technical skill and vision in terms of tech innovation and geopolitics.
Who is Elie Habib
Elie Habib is a Lebanese technology executive and engineer, who is most popularly the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Anghami. He has been known to influence digital entertainment within Arab world as well as innovating real time global intelligence tools.
Elie Habib Career
Habib started his career by being the first person to love technology and created his first software when he was 16 and sold it. He was a co-founder of PowerMeMobile, a mobile messaging platform, before Anghami, where he was CTO and had experience in a scalable digital infrastructure.
Elie Habib Anghami Career
Anghami was co-founded in 2011 by Habib together with the CEO Eddy Maroun. Anghami sought to address the issue of music piracy in the Middle East and introduce a legal freemium streaming service. During the technical management of Habib, Anghami increased to 70 million users globally and in 2022 became the first Arab tech firm to list on NASDAQ.
Elie Habib Wife
Although little is known about the personal life of Habib, previous records have shown that his family has been accommodative to his career and entrepreneurship activities.
Elie Habib Net Worth
The net worth of Habib is not revealed publicly. Nevertheless, the valuation of Anghami at the NASDAQ IPO was about 220 million dollars and the firm was able to generate more than 48 million dollars in H1 2025 revenues, which indicates the financial power of Habib in the Arab technology industry.
Elie Habib World Monitor Project
World Monitor is an open-source and real-time dashboard that brings together information across more than 100 streams of the world, such as military aircraft, maritime traffic, satellite locating and social intelligence. It was created to present the complicated geopolitical data to scholars and the general audience.
How Elie Habib Turned a Weekend Project into World Monitor
The World Monitor started as a Sunday weekend project by Habib as the developer to study events overlapping around the world, whether conflicts or market changes. The platform developed into a strong tool with the capacity of supporting millions of live users including analysts, traders and hobbyists within a few days.
What is World Monitor?
The site is a global intelligence dashboard, it combines official data, satellite data and citizen intelligence feeds to generate a real-time map of global activity. It applies algorithms to check events based on signal convergence making it reliable without human editorial bias.
Elie Habib and Eddy Maroun Top 100 Arabs in 2024
In 2024, Habib and Maroun were included in the top 100 Arabs, which reflect their technology and culture contributions. The innovations and international coverage are what made Anghami central to this recognition.
FAQ’s
1. What is Elie Habib known for?
Co-founder and CTO of Anghami and developer of World Monitor.
2. What is World Monitor?
An open-source real-time dashboard for tracking global events and military activity.
3. How did World Monitor start?
It began as a one-day “weekend project” for analyzing complex news.
4. How many users does Anghami have?
Over 70 million users across MENA, Europe and the US.
5. Has Habib been recognized for his work?
Yes, included in Top 100 Arabs 2024 alongside co-founder Eddy Maroun.
Disclaimer: This article is based on publicly available sources and interviews; details about Elie Habib’s personal life and projects may evolve over time.
