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Leila Ben-Gacem was born on 1969 in Tunisia, is a Tunisian social entrepreneur. Discover Leila Ben-Gacem's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?
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Leila Ben-Gacem Height, Weight & Measurements
At 55 years old, Leila Ben-Gacem height not available right now. We will update Leila Ben-Gacem's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Leila Ben-Gacem Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Leila Ben-Gacem worth at the age of 55 years old? Leila Ben-Gacem’s income source is mostly from being a successful entrepreneur. She is from Tunisia. We have estimated Leila Ben-Gacem's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Leila Ben-Gacem Social Network
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Leila Ben-Gacem (ليلى بن قاسم) is a Tunisian social entrepreneur.
She is the founder of Blue Fish company and the initiator and founder of several initiatives in the Tunisian ecosystem and cultural scenes through Tunisian Civil Society.
In 2006, she started the social enterprise Blue Fish to help Tunisian artisans, particularly women, to export their works and develop their businesses.
In 2009, she initiated Sougha Est in the khalifa fund for enterprise development in Abu Dhabi in the UAE.
Before that, she was a board member in CJD (Centre des Jeunes Dirigeants) - Young CEO Centre until 2009.
Ben-Gacem is known as a socio-cultural catalyst.
She has been involved in many cultural initiatives to revive the Medina of Tunis and ensure its sustainable development.
She occupied the position of Senior Manager at the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, helping Emirati women artisans in developing their local enterprises, until 2013 when she decided to go back to Tunisia.
In 2013, Leila founded Dar Ben-Gacem, a boutique hotel and a social enterprise.
The guest house's main objective is to contribute to the development of the Medina of Tunis.
Ben-Gacem was elected, in the period of 2014-2016, as a board member of Edhiafa Association that deals with the network of boutique hotels in Tunisia.
In 2015, Leila and other civil society actors played a major role in reviving the Rachidia association in its 80th anniversary, then she joined other cultural initiatives such as Journal de la Médina, the national Wikipedia project MedinaPedia and the first Light Festival in Africa Interference.
In 2015 as well, she has led a national campaign to revive the industry and usage of the Chachia.
Leila occupied the position of President of the Association of Preservation of Beni Khalled from 2015 until 2018.
Prior to that, in October 2016, she became an Ashoka Fellow.
She is also a founding member of the Ultramarathon Association in Tunisia since 2017, where they organised the first Ultramarathon, UltraMirage in Nefta in the south of Tunisia.
In 2017, Ben-Gacem founded the first co-working space in the Medina of Tunis, entitled Dar El Harka, intended as a hub for creative industries.
Ben-Gacem joined Emna Mizouni in founding Digital Citizenship organization to advance the knowledge and skills of women entrepreneurs.
Ben-Gacem received Fatma El Fehria Award in 2017.
In the same year, she received the Women Entrepreneur in Cultural Sector Award as well.
Ben-Gacem is also an elected member of the municipal council of Beni Khalled since Tunisia's first decentralized municipal elections were held in 2018.
Ben-Gacem studied biomedical engineering at Boston University.
She worked in many companies such as IMM in Tunisia, Hewlett-Packard in Germany, Assada Medical in Libya.
Ben-Gacem ran for civic office in the 2018 Tunisian municipal elections, as part of a list of independent candidates with the slogan "Ghodwa Khir - Tomorrow is better".
She was elected to the Beni Khalled municipality.
Later, she was appointed the head of the finance committee.
She also joined the network of women municipal counsellors in the Maghreb region along with Souad Abderrahim and other women municipal councillors.
