Osama Ammar’s videos have been viewed millions of times on various social networks. Osama Ammar
PORTRAIT – The Franco-Lebanese entrepreneur, star of social networks, is in open conflict with his former associates of The Family, the first major French start-up incubator. A case that sheds harsh light on the mysteries of “French Tech”.
He evolves perky in the shadow of the two ministers, not leaving them one step. From the top of his 28 years, Oussama Ammar savors his moment. This Monday, July 27, 2015, Emmanuel Macron, Minister of the Economy and cantor of “start-up nation” , invited his British counterpart George Osborne to visit The Family, a start-up incubator that smells of California in the heart of Paris. Osama Ammar debates at random with the two leaders, showing his eloquence, off-white shirt taken from jeans and mismatched Converse on his feet. It was he, the native of Beirut without a diploma in his pocket, who co-founded this “family” of tech dubbed by the future President of the Republic.
Eight years later, the scenery has changed. On the other side of the screen, Oussama Ammar welcomes us to his home in Dubai. The tarnished star of the start-up nation, which evangelized strongholds of proto-entrepreneurs, is accused by his former associates of having embezzled several million euros belonging to The Family as well as to its investors…
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