Bassem Youssef — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Named one of '100 Leading Global Thinkers' by Foreign Policy and '100 most influential people in the world' by TIME Magazine in 2013.
Host of The Democracy Handbook at Univision Communications Inc. since 2016.
Creator of The B+ Show on YouTube, which garnered 5 million weekly viewers in three months.
Achieved the first internet-to-TV conversion in the Middle East with Al Bernameg, reaching 40 million viewers.
Author of the book 'Revolution For Dummies' (2017).
Completed a residency at Harvard Kennedy School and a fellowship at Stanford University.
Practiced as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Egypt for 13 years and is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons since 2007.

Biography

Bassem Youssef is an Egyptian-American comedian, television host, actor, and former physician. He currently serves as the Host of The Democracy Handbook at Univision Communications Inc. since 2016 and has been a Resident Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School since 2015. Prior to his media career, Youssef practiced as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Egypt for 13 years, having graduated from Cairo University's Faculty of Medicine in 1998 and becoming a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2007.