46. Sam Tayan

Company: Zoom
Designation: Head of Middle East, Türkiye and Africa (META)
Sector: Technology
Nationality: British
Global headquarters: U.S.
Residence: U.A.E.

Tayan joined Zoom as Head of Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa (META) in March 2020. As of 2022, the company had sold over four million Zoom Phone seats, including over 700,000 licenses to global organizations in the second fiscal quarter that ended July 2022. Zoom provided services to over 125,000 schools in 25 countries for free during the pandemic. Tayan has previously held roles at Sage, VMWare, Getronics, Veritas Software, and EMC.