founder of AllWorld Network and Atif Abdulmalik, the CEO of Arcapita launched the GCC Fast Growth 100 (GCC100) as a pioneering and prominent program to find and rank the fastest growing private companies of the GCC, the companies creating the next jobs and industries. With the immediate need to create more private employment in the region, the annual GCC100 has been initiated by the AllWorld Network, with the support of Arcapita, to celebrate and support successful entrepreneurs forging new industries. These entrepreneurs become part of a network of growth entrepreneurs in the region and globally, facilitating knowledge exchange and cross-border investments. The first GCC100 will be announced regionally and globally in October 2011 at an event to take place in Bahrain. The GCC100 winners will also be eligible for the Arabia 500 - a MENA wide ranking of companies, which will be announced in November 2011 at a three-day Arabia500 Summit in Jordan under the patronage of Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan. Habiby, also a Fellow of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government stated, "The GCC100 will establish the first definitive record of the fastest growing, most dynamic entrepreneurs in the region. These are the entrepreneurs investing in their own markets and building new high-growth companies and energized teams. Interested companies can apply at www.AllWorldLive.com" The GCC100 application process is open to all private, non-listed companies of the GCC region who have been rapidly growing. The GCC100 ranks companies, which must be at least three years old, according to their revenue growth, not their size. It is a ranking of the most dynamic, not the largest companies. Younger companies can qualify as Start Ups to Watch. Entrepreneurs from any industry are invited to apply at www.AllWorldLive.com, and there is no cost to apply. With a ranking on the list, emerging companies will gain visibility, a global network of growth entrepreneurs and investors, and an invitation to the AllWorld Summit at Harvard University. The GCC Fast Growth 100 is a program of AllWorld Network with Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter and partner Arcapita, a leading international investment firm headquartered in Bahrain. AllWorld was co-founded by Deirdre Coyle, Anne Habiby and Professor Michael Porter. Porter was described by the Times of London as the world's "most influential management guru" and is widely regarded at the foremost authority on company and country competitiveness.
