uae area served middle east founder s ronaldo mouchawar industry internet services e commerce online shopping employees 2500 parent maktoob 2005 2009 jabbar internet group 2009 website www.souq.com alexa rank 433 february 2016 update 1 souq.com is an english arabic language e commerce platform often described as the amazon of the middle east . 2 it is the largest e commerce platform in the arab world . 3 souq.com attracts over 24 million unique visits per month and is fast growing as more consumers shop online in the arab world . 3 the website was founded by ronaldo mouchawar in 2005 as an auction site linked to internet portal maktoob . 4 in 2011 souq.com changed its model to an online shopping site similar to amazon with a marketplace and retail items for sale on its platform . as of 2014 souq.com had raised 150 million the largest amount raised by any internet based business in the middle east . 5 the company is backed by tiger global management . 6 the site currently delivers to the united arab emirates saudi arabia kuwait egypt bahrain oman and qatar . it has semi automated modern fulfillment centers in the united arab emirates saudi arabia kuwait and egypt measuring a total of 35 000 square meters . the company currently employs around 2 500 employees in engineering retail customer support fulfillment and last mile delivery sections . 7 references edit souq site info site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2016 02 10 . montini laura 8 june 2015 . meet souq the amazon of the middle east . inc.com . retrieved 21 july 2016 . a b about us souq.com . uae.souq.com . retrieved 2016 02 11 . attwood ed 5 april 2014 . ronaldo mouchawar how i created souq.com . arabianbusiness.com . retrieved 21 july 2016 . sambidge andy 24 march 2014 . dubai s souq.com secures 75m funding boost . arabianbusiness.com . retrieved 21 july 2016 . nair dinesh 14 april 2015 . tiger backed souq.com said worth 1 billion in fundraising . bloomberg . retrieved 25 october 2015 . jones rory 24 march 2014 . souq.com dubai based e commerce site raises 75 million . wall street journal blogs . retrieved 25 october 2015 . external links edit official website this article about a commerce website is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this uae related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title souq.com & oldid 742789027 categories commerce website stubsunited arab emirates stubsinternet properties established in 2005ecommerceinternet companies of the united arab emiratescompanies established in 2005hidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from february 2016all articles containing potentially dated statementsall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 20 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view