Unavailable on Wikipedia, Bassim Haidar is a business tycoon and founder of Channel IT and Channel VAS.
Bassim Haidar is widely known as the owner of Channel IT and Bash Superyacht. He also owns two private jets.
He was born in Nigeria and spent his early teen years of life there. Later he and his family moved to Lebanon.
Growing up in Lebanon, he did not give much thought to the importance of cell phones and telephones. Telecom later played an important role in his life and business.
Channel VAS’ founder and CEO Bassim Haidar (@Astronaut71) along with the President of Ghana Mr. Nana Akufo-Addo, Ghana’s Minister of Finance Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta and MTN Group Chairman Mr. Mcebisi Jonas, enjoying a casual discussion at Davos’ World Economic Forum pic.twitter.com/WD9ujBTsJm
— ChannelVAS (@ChannelVAS) January 23, 2020
Channel IT: Bassim Haidar Wikipedia
Bassim Haidar is a self-made, successful businessman. Though he was born in a wealthy family, he watched his father lose all his money at the age of 12. He was determined to get back what his father lost.
Haidar realized the importance of telephones when he was in Africa which, gave him the motivation to start a telecom business.
His first Nigeria’s Satellite Business failed several times but later became a huge success. The GSM boom in Africa was also a huge benefit for him.
His company, Channel VAS is a fintech company, and Channel IT is an independent distributor of Mobile network solutions.
Channel VAS is based in Dubai but is present in forty-two countries.
Haidar is also the first Arab to go to space with Virgin Galactic.
https://t.co/90Ccp29mD9 https://t.co/IKc8Z7LT3b
— Bassim Haidar (@Astronaut71) June 3, 2020
Bassim Haidar Age: How Old Is He?
Bassim Haidar is fifty-one years old.
Bassim was born on 2 February 1971 in Nigeria. He lived in Nigeria for ten years. Later he went back to his country, Lebanon.
Haidar worked in Lebanon to collect enough capital to start a telecom business in Nigeria. By the age of thirty, his business was booming.
Today Bassim is one of the most successful businessmen known to the world.
The future of fintech is bright in 2020 despite challenges https://t.co/GmtH2CIOTM
— Bassim Haidar (@Astronaut71) April 28, 2020
Bassim Haidar Net Worth Revealed
Bassim Haidar has a net worth of $400 million.
His sole source of income is his company, Channel IT, and Channel VAS.
The GSM boom in Africa was so beneficial to Haidar that the company he started with a capital of $100,000 in 1995 went to billion-dollar revenue in 2007.
He is the owner of Bash Superyacht and two private jets OE-LIM Gulfstream G550.
Bassim Haidar is currently divorced. He was married to Deidre.
He has three beautiful daughters from his ex-wife.