Ahmed Hindawi did his PhD in High Energy Physics in mid 1990s at a time when the arXiv was transforming the way high energy physicists communicate their research findings. He is the co-founder and CEO of Hindawi Publishing Corporation, which was established in 1997. In the first few years, the company grew its business as a subscription-based STM journal publisher. In 2003, the company started to experiment with Open Access business models and soon after started converting its journals to Open Access. A full transition to Open Access was completed in early 2007. More recently the company started to venture into a number of other areas of the information industry.