Mo Gawdat — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founder of One Billion Happy (since 2017), a mission to help one billion people become happier.
Chief AI Officer at Flight Story.
Former Chief Business Officer at Google [X] for over 11 years.
Author of international bestsellers: *Solve for Happy* (2017), *Scary Smart* (2021), *That Little Voice in Your Head* (2022), and *Unstressable* (2024).
Host of the chart-topping podcast, *Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat* (since 2020).
Holds an MBA in International Business and a BSc in Civil Engineering from Ain Shams University (1990).

Biography

Mohammad "Mo" Gawdat is an Egyptian software engineer, entrepreneur, author, podcaster, and public speaker. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Ain Shams University in 1990, followed by an MBA in International Business from Maastricht School of Management. Gawdat began his career at IBM Egypt as a systems engineer before moving into sales. He later held various roles at NCR Abu Dhabi and Microsoft over seven and a half years.