Postcards from Elsewhere: Amman, Jordan

Many people do not know that the first Endeavor office in the Middle East was in Jordan.

And we were the first for good reason: we produced some of the region’s most relevant exits. Maktoob started as a webmail service and grew to become the main destination for 16 million Arabic speakers on the internet. When it was acquired by Yahoo in 2009 for more than $100M, all eyes were on Jordan. The exit was a landmark deal for the Middle East, proving that technology companies from the region could attract global attention. Suddenly, being “ex-Maktoob” on LinkedIn meant being part of a highly regarded club, maybe even stronger than what ex-Google or ex-Apple mean today.