Bassem El-Rahimy
Head of Marketing at Turo
BAH, MBA
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Toronto
Bassem is the head of marketing at Turo in Canada. Since its launch in 2016, Turo has quickly become Canada’s largest car-sharing network. He was the first hire for Turo’s Toronto office, which allowed him to be at the forefront of scaling a marketplace business and mobility solution over the past six years. Before joining Turo, Bassem was the third employee and co-founder at GVE Online Education. On this ed-tech platform, children in China can access an international elementary school education virtually. GVE provides one-on-one tutoring, ESL curricula, and an immersive online classroom experience. GVE Online Education connected thousands of students to hundreds of tutors across 27 Chinese provinces and five countries.