# Hasan Sukkar

> Hasan Sukkar is the Syrian founder and non-executive chairman of 11x, which develops AI digital workers for sales teams. A University of Exeter mechanical engineering graduate and former McKinsey consultant, he founded 11x in London in 2022, moved the business to San Francisco and led it through funding rounds backed by Project A, Benchmark and Andreessen Horowitz. He handed the CEO role to Prabhav Jain in May 2025 and was named among the angel investors in Zalos in March 2026.

- **Role:** Founder & Non-Executive Chairman at 11x
- **Organizations:** 11x, McKinsey & Company, Seraphim Capital
- **Nationality:** Syrian
- **Education:** Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, University of Exeter
- **Known for:** Founded 11x and launched its AI sales worker Alice., Led 11x through a $2 million pre-seed, $24 million Series A and $50 million Series B., Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe honoree, 2024.

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Moved from Syria to the United Kingdom at age 17 during the Syrian refugee crisis.
- **2019** — After graduating from Exeter, interned at Seraphim Capital through the first Future VC cohort.
- **2020-2022** — Worked in McKinsey’s London office.
- **2022** — Founded 11x in London; appointed director of 11X Limited on 3 October.
- **2023** — Publicly launched 11x and Alice, an AI sales development representative; announced $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Project A.
- **2024** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe; 11x appeared among Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Stars. Moved 11x to San Francisco and announced a $24 million Series A and $50 million Series B.
- **2025** — Announced on 5 May that Prabhav Jain would succeed him as CEO and that he would become non-executive chairman.
- **2026** — Named as an angel investor in Zalos’s $3.6 million seed announcement on 24 March.

## Achievements

- Founded 11x and launched its AI sales worker Alice.
- Led 11x through a $2 million pre-seed, $24 million Series A and $50 million Series B.
- Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe honoree, 2024.
- 11x was included in Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Stars, 2024.
- Selected for the first Future VC cohort in 2019, which admitted 20 interns from over 850 applicants.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Zalos named Sukkar among its angel investors in a $3.6 million seed funding announcement.
- **2025-05** — Became non-executive chairman of 11x as Prabhav Jain took over as CEO.

## Links

- Website: https://www.11x.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hasansukkar/

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