An entrepreneur at heart, Rami Rahal started Blue Cloud Ventures after having worked as a tech investment banker at Madison Park Group. Before that, he was an IT strategy consultant at Accenture. In 2016, he was named by Forbes to the Venture Capital "30Under30" list and by Inc. Magazine as one of "20 Young Entrepreneurs You Need to Know". In 2018, he was named by Crain New York Business Magazine to the "40 Under 40" list and received the "Distinguished Young Alumnus Award" from the American University of Beirut. Rami has a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from the American University of Beirut and an MS in Operations Research from Columbia University. He is an avid skier and previously was a national martial arts champion.