Vehicle: Abraaj Buyout Fund L.P. (ABOF)
Country: Jordan
Sector: Internet
Exit Date: December 2007
Website: www.maktoob.com

Profile: Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Amman, Maktoob is the leading internet portal in the Arab world, providing a variety of online services to millions of users, including the most visited Arabic-language auction facility (souq.com), the first Arabic-language search engine (Araby.com), an interactive TV joint venture with MBC (Maktoob TV), the largest Arabic matrimonial website (Bentelhalal.com), the leading online Arab sports community (Sport4ever.com), with Arabic and English web-based email and chat rooms.