Wael Ghonim (Arabic: وائل غنيم, IPA: [ˈwæːʔel ɣoˈneːm]; other transcriptions include: Ghoneim, Ghonaim) (born 23 December 1980 in Cairo, Egypt) is an Internet activist, computer engineer and since January 2010 the Head of Marketing of Google Middle East and North Africa.[2] In 2011, he became an international figure and energized pro-democracy demonstrations in Egypt after his emotional interview[3] following 11 days of secret incarceration by Egyptian police; for investigations regarding him being the admin of a Facebook page "We are all Khaled Saeed" one of the main reasons that sparked the revolution.[4][5] The TIME magazine added him in its "Time 100" list of 100 most influential people of 2011.