Soraya Salti

Soraya Salti (c.1971–2015) was a Jordanian social entrepreneur, Senior Vice President of Middle East/North Africa for Junior Achievement Worldwide, INJAZ Al-Arab.

Life

Soraya Salti gained a Bachelors in Economics and Accounting and an MBA from Northwestern University. She worked to apply Michael Porter's model of economic development to Jordan before joining IJAZ, where she helped INJAZ expand into 11 Arab countries, reaching over 100,000 young people.[1]

In 2006 she won the Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year for Jordan.[1]

Death

In November 2015 the bodies of her and her sister, Jumana, were found together at the base of a building under construction in Amman. Police suggested their deaths were suicide, but the suggestion was rejected by friends and relatives, prompting allegations that the pair had been murdered.[2]

References
  1. Executive Profile: Soraya Salti, Bloomberg.
  2. Suha Maayeh, Mysterious deaths of prominent sisters shock Jordan, The National, November 8, 2015.
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