Omar earned a Bachelors’ degree in Economics and Political Science with Honors from the University of Chicago in 2005 and a Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2015. Upon graduating from college, Omar worked as a consultant for Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu in Chicago, managed Investor Relations for Orascom Construction Industries in Cairo and is now a Director at OCI N.V. based in New York City. Omar also has extensive experience in private equity, specifically in early stage venture capital, having founded his own startup, Premier Foods SAE, which manages two gourmet fast food brands in Egypt. Omar is also a partner at Black Spire Partners LLC., a boutique financial advisory firm which specializes in early stage venture capital angel investing in the US and Europe.