Maaz Sheikh Co-founder and CEO, Starzplay Maaz Sheikh has steered Starzplay – the subscription video on demand service – adroitly since he co-founded it in Dubai in 2014. Starzplay recorded about 40 per cent growth in its paid subscriber base in 2020, and expects the number of users to double over the next three to four years to around four million, according to a Bloomberg report in February this year. It secured $25m debt financing earlier this year to further strengthen its geographic and customer reach. Prior to establishing Starzplay, Sheikh was the chief sales and operations officer at OSN. Related Stories Video: ‘We’re more of an e-commerce firm than an entertainment one’ – Starzplay CEO UAE video streaming service Starzplay adds 600,000 subscribers so far this year You might also like Fahad Al Gergawi Mahmoud Adi and Shane Shin Mohamad Sabouneh Raja Al Mazrouei Abdullah Mutawi Salem Bou Aoun Hanan Harhara Al Yafei Louis Lebbos and Muhammed Mekki Kamal Hassan and Yousif Al Mutawa Ramesh Jagannathan Abdallah and Ghaith Yafi Noor Sweid Dr Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi Abdul Baset AI Janahi Shaker Zainal Sami Al Qamzi Mayank Singhal William Chappell Esam Mahmoud Khalfan Juma Belhoul, CEO, and Dr Noah Raford, chief of Global Affairs Sheikh Dr Rashid bin Hamad Bin Mohammed Al-Sharqi Hamad Buamim Vic Barreto Philip Bahoshy Dr Khalid Al Midfa Ammar Al Malik Ronaldo Mouchawar Sheikh Ahmed bin Saqr Al Qasimi Amir Milad Jad Antoun and Khalid Ashmawy Ritesh Tilani and Alper Celen Najla Al Midfa Walid Hanna Mohamed Alabbar Saygin Yalcin Gaurav Biswas John Tsioris Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed Samih Toukan Dany Farha Fadi Ghandour Marwan Hachem Magnus Olsson and Mudassir Sheikha Michael Lahyani Rashid Al Ghurair Eddie Maroun and Elie Habib Ambareen Musa Kunal Kapoor Sky Kurtz Jon Richards Mona Ataya Bader Ataya, Mohamad Ballout, Andres Arenas and Saman Darkan Jad Sayegh, Nadine Mezher and Mark Chahwan Michael Truschler Fodhil Benturquia Hosam Arab Vilhelm Hedberg Craig Moore Donna Benton Huda Kattan Mohamed Khaled Talal Bayaa, Brian Habib and Tarek Bayaa