Sylvia Zakhary
- Founder & CEO
- United States
- Member since 2019
Sylvia M. Zakhary is a creative entrepreneur, film producer, and the founder & CEO of Mamag Group, a holding company home to award-winning subsidiaries focused on story-telling across multiple sectors and industries. Zakhary is Egyptian-American, born in New York City and raised throughout East Africa & the Middle East. Molded and shaped by the cross-cultural landscape of her upbringing, Zakhary’s body of work focuses on cultural authenticity, pivoting between advertising, film&TV, fashion, advocacy, branding, startups, and technology, as seen across Mamag’s portfolio of subsidiaries.
In September 2019, Zakhary was celebrated by Variety Magazine as one of the Top Ten Storytellers to Watch in 2020, while Mamag was awarded the 4th Fastest Growing Agency Worldwide by Adweek. In 2023, she was honored as one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 200 Female Founders. Zakhary is most recently credited directing the 2022 ALICIA KEYS WORLD TOUR, producing the Hulu Original TRAP JAZZ & the NAACP winner BLACK IS KING by Beyoncé as well as creative directing performances on BBC’s Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
Backed by a 20-year career in entertainment, Zakhary established Storyhouse, a global community empowering 5000+ diverse creatives & artists by accelerating collaboration, innovation & equity.
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