Mohammed Al-Sharekh

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Mohammed Al-Sharekh (Arabic: محمد الشارخ‎; Kuwait, 1942) is the Kuwaiti chairman of the SAKHR Software Company. With his company, he has introduced the Arabic language into computers and technology.

How it all started[]

In 1982, Al-Sharekh launched Sakhr Software Co..^{[citation needed]}

He is the first to enter Arabic language by computer.^[1]

Personal life[]

AlSharekh was born as Mohammed Abdul Rahman AlSharekh in 1942. He is married and has four children.

After his education, he worked as the Deputy Director General for the Kuwait Fund of the from 1969 to 1973 and as a representative of Kuwait and Arab Group of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (I.B.R.D) Washington D.C. from 1973 to 1975.

It was in 1980 that AlSharekh decided to quit everything and found the , and established "Sakhr" as a project in 1982.

Achievements and awards[]

• Foundation Pioneer Award (2009)
• Arabian Business E-Achievement Award E-Visionary of the Year (2002)
• E-Inclusion Award in 2007
• Outstanding Achievement Award in the field of localisation (2005)
• He received the King Faisal International Prize from Saudi Arabia (2021)^[2]

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