""I have known Ziad Abdelnour since the Wharton School days. Even then, you always knew where he stood. Like or not, his position on all matters was crystal clear. No ambiguities. Ziad Abdelnour had, and has, a compass and he follows it faithfully wearing his heart on his sleeve, critics be damned. His success to date was easy to predict. His success to come is still to be written"."