Ibrahim AlHusseini is a

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, and

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. He is the founder and CEO of FullCycle, an investment company accelerating the deployment of climate-restoring technologies. AlHusseini is also the founder and managing partner of The Husseini Group. He is the secretary of the anti-war group,

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, and was previously a board member of the

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. He served as the co-

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of the 2013

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-nominated documentary, '' The Square''. In 2015, AlHusseini won a

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Millennium Award for his efforts in combating

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Early life and education

AlHusseini was born in

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and was raised in

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by parents who are Palestinian refugees. He immigrated to the United States in the 1990s to attend college at the

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, and currently resides in

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Career

Financial career

AlHusseini has started and sold numerous companies throughout his entrepreneurial career. These include MECA Communications, which introduced the world's first interoperable instant messaging application Natural Solutions, and PakIT, the last of which is a packaging company that developed food-grade packaging material from

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cellulose. He was also an early investor in

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, Aspiration,

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and numerous other companies with an environmentally-friendly focus. In 2013, AlHusseini founded the FullCycle, an investment firm that focuses on climate-critical technologies and infrastructure projects. The investments are in technologies that target short-lived climate pollutants. The company has made investments in engineering and technology firm, Synova, controlled environment agriculture company, Sustainitech, textile innovations company, Evrnu and micro-hydro startup, InPipe Energy.

Entertainment career

In 2013, AlHusseini co-executive produced the documentary, ''The Square'', about the

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that began at

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. The film was nominated for the

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at the

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. The film was also nominated for 4

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and won 3 at the

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. He is also the executive producer on the films, ''Space Oddity'' and ''Canary''.

Legal Issues

In October 2024, AlHusseini was arrested and charged with securities fraud by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. In March, he plead guilty to wire fraud.

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