Few appointments in 2025 signalled the region’s AI ambitions as clearly as Tareq Amin’s appointment as CEO of HUMAIN, a full-stack AI company owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Under his leadership, HUMAIN is building what it aims to be the region’s defining AI company, delivering AI-native platforms across infrastructure, cloud, data and models, and applications.
Amin brings a rare depth of experience to the role. Before HUMAIN, he served as CEO of Aramco Digital, driving digital transformation across the Kingdom. Prior to that, he launched Rakuten Symphony in 2021, a platform converging IT and telecom networks for operators worldwide, and simultaneously served as CEO of Rakuten Mobile in Japan. Earlier in his career, he contributed to the transformation of India’s mobile industry at Reliance Jio and held senior roles at Huawei and T-Mobile.
