# Yousef Samir — entity home

> Canonical bilingual profile for Yousef Samir (يوسف سمير), founder of TapTag (تاب تاج), Egypt.

English: https://yousefsamir.com/
Arabic: https://yousefsamir.com/ar/
Sitemap: https://yousefsamir.com/sitemap.xml

## Identity

- Name: Yousef Samir (alternate: Youssef Samir; Arabic: يوسف سمير)
- Location: Cairo, Egypt (LinkedIn)
- Role: Founder, TapTag (تاب تاج / Tap Tag) — Jan 2023–present (LinkedIn)
- Also: Ambassador, Shabab Balad (Generation Unlimited Egypt) — Oct 2023–present (LinkedIn)

## Experience (LinkedIn, verified May 2026)

Source: `src/data/socialBlueprint.ts` → derived in entity JSON-LD.

| Role | Organization | Dates |
|------|----------------|-------|
| Founder | TapTag | Jan 2023 – present |
| Ambassador | Shabab Balad (Generation Unlimited Egypt) | Oct 2023 – present |

## Education (LinkedIn, 2026)

Source: user-provided LinkedIn Education section → `src/data/socialBlueprint.ts`.

| School | Degree / program | Dates | Notes |
|--------|------------------|-------|-------|
| Penn State University | BS, Economics | Jan 2026 – Aug 2026 | Accelerated path; set to graduate at 17 |
| Northeastern University | First-year undergraduate | May 2025 – Dec 2025 | Summer–Fall '25 (full-time), Boston |
| Arizona State University | Visiting student (credit) | Aug 2025 – Dec 2025 | Fall '25 (full-time) |
| The Open University | Part-time enrollment | Feb 2024 – Oct 2024 | Spring–Fall '24; parallel to high school |
| Marvel International School | High School Diploma (IGCSE) | Sep 2023 – Jul 2024 | Graduated in 10th grade |

## Organization — TapTag

- Sector: Retail technology for apparel stores (Egypt)
- Product: Mobile app + in-store devices; mobile self-checkout (LinkedIn positioning)
- Product detail (press): Tamper-evident tags/stickers on garments read by in-store equipment
- No verified Egypt corporate website on this entity home (do not use unrelated taptag.shop / taptag.vc URLs)

## UNICEF / Shabab Balad (Generation Unlimited Egypt)

- LinkedIn role: Ambassador at Shabab Balad (Generation Unlimited Egypt), from October 2023
- UNICEF Egypt describes Shabab Balad as the Egyptian version of the UN Generation Unlimited initiative (multi-sector youth platform coordinated by UNICEF)
- Reference: https://www.unicef.org/egypt/press-releases/egyptian-version-un-global-initiative-generation-unlimited
- Note: UNICEF Egypt ambassador press lists celebrities/sports stars; Yousef Samir’s ambassador role is stated on his public LinkedIn profile

## Shark Tank Egypt (February 2023)

- Program: شارك تانك مصر / Shark Tank Egypt, CBC, season 1, episode 5 (press)
- Age at pitch: 14 (press)
- Ask: EGP 370,000 for 15% equity (~USD 12,098 per Egyptian Streets, Feb 2023)
- Investors (press): Ayman Abbas and Abdullah Sallam; Mohamed Farouk offered display stands without extra equity
- Distinction: Youngest entrepreneur featured on the program (Egyptian press)

## Metrics (press-reported)

- Investment closed: EGP 370,000 for 15%
- Revenue cited: about EGP 350,000 (press)
- In-store devices at partner apparel retailers (press)

## Early entrepreneurship (press)

- Sold toys and collectible cards from childhood; Facebook ads for card sets from age 7 (Youm7)

## TV and public appearances

- Shark Tank Egypt pitch (CBC / YouTube)
- Egypt Can (مصر تستطيع), DMC — Ahmed Faiq (Youm7, YouTube)
- Madrastena (مدرستنا), National TV
- Cairo ICT 2023 — MOE schools entrepreneurship league
- Ongoing Egypt Can segments (e.g. Youm7, May 2026)

## Social profiles (blueprint: src/data/socialBlueprint.ts, lastVerified 2026)

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yahsamirr/ — headline “Founder at TapTag”; About cites Egypt’s first mobile self-checkout provider
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yahsamirr/ — display name “Yousef samir”; link https://yousefsamir.com/ (align bio manually if needed)
- Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/person/yousef-samir

## Independent coverage

- JSON-LD subjectOf on https://yousefsamir.com/ (~19 items including UNICEF Egypt program pages)
- Press: Youm7, El Watan, Egyptian Streets, MOE.gov.eg, UNICEF Egypt, Shorouk, ICT Business, Follow ICT, DMC/CBC YouTube

## Do not confuse with

- youssef-sam.site (different individual — software engineer)
- taptag.shop, taptag.vc (unrelated NFC/VC brands; LinkedIn may link a US company page — do not use those URLs on yousefsamir.com)
- GitHub @yousefsamir (different homonym — backend developer in Giza)
- UNICEF Syria story “Yousef” (different person)

## Structured data

- Person @id: https://yousefsamir.com/#person
- ProfilePage + WebPage with mainEntity Person; dateModified on each build
- disambiguatingDescription: excludes youssef-sam.site, GitHub homonym, taptag.shop / taptag.vc
- sameAs order: yousefsamir.com (en, ar), LinkedIn, Instagram, Crunchbase, Wikidata (when configured)
- rel="me" on LinkedIn, Instagram, Crunchbase in HTML
- worksFor: TapTag (founder; LinkedIn company sameAs on org node only)
- memberOf: Shabab Balad (Generation Unlimited Egypt), parentOrganization UNICEF, from 2023-10
- alumniOf: EducationalOrganization — Penn State (BS Economics, 2026), Northeastern (2025), ASU visiting (2025), Open University (2024), Marvel International IGCSE (2023–24)
- identifier: Crunchbase person/yousef-samir; Wikidata Q-id when set in src/data/kg.ts
- birthDate: omitted until explicitly published by an independent source

## Knowledge Panel (off-site levers)

1. Google Search Console: verify domain, submit sitemap, request indexing for / and /ar/
2. Wikidata item + WIKIDATA_QID in src/data/kg.ts (strongest correlate)
3. Align LinkedIn / Instagram / Crunchbase to this site URL and same facts
4. Add independent press to src/data/media.ts over time