Omar Samra
Omar Samra is a British-born Egyptian adventurer, entrepreneur and speaker. He is the first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest, the Seven Summits and ski to both the Geographic South and North Pole. He is also the first Egyptian to complete the Seven Summits challenge on 31 May 2013, climbing the highest mountain on all seven continents.
Biography
Born in Wimbledon, London, Samra moved to Cairo when he was only weeks old. He finished his schooling at El Alsson School and graduated from the American University in Cairo in 2000 with a BA in Economics and minor in Business Administration. He was also awarded an MBA degree at the London Business School in 2007 with a concentration in Entrepreneurship.In May 2009, Samra decided to leave his corporate career behind and founded Wild Guanabana, the Middle East & North Africa's first carbon-neutral travel company specializing in ethical and adventure travel which has offices in Cairo and Dubai.
His wife Marwa Fayed died in 2013 days after the birth of their first and only daughter Teela.
In the early 2010s, Samra participated in the Axe Apollo space campaign. He was among the winners or the marketing campaign and was supposed to be sent to sub-orbital space on board the Lynx. However the spaceflight was cancelled. He could have been the first Egyptian in space have the flight pushed through.