Khalifa Saleh Al Haroon
Honours
In their own words
“On a mission to make the world a better place.”
The story
Khalifa Saleh Al Haroon took the IB Diploma at Bayan and went on to earn law degrees from Anglia Ruskin University and the University of Essex. In 2008 he founded two ventures, Haroon United Group in August and I Love Qatar in October. He worked as an analyst at QNB Group and at Vodafone, where he was head of online and corporate strategy and head of interactive and innovation. He also ran marketing and communications at the Asian Football Confederation and at the Qatar Stars League, where he was executive director. With Mohammed Al-Delaimi he founded PayLater, a Sharia-compliant buy now, pay later company. Coverage in January 2026 described it as Qatar's first BNPL platform licensed by the Qatar Central Bank and reported a $10 million seed round. The same coverage said PayLater had passed 80,000 customers and more than $82 million in instalment transactions in its first year of operations.
By the numbers
Career
Their company
QatarFintechPayLater
PayLater is a Sharia-compliant buy now, pay later company in Qatar.
