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Economic Development 2025: EL KOUBI, JASON
PRESIDENT AND CEO, VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, RICHMOND
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Economic Development 2025: EL KOUBI, JASON
PRESIDENT AND CEO, VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, RICHMOND
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Leader of the state’s economic development arm since 2022, El Koubi oversees numerous initiatives designed to attract business expansions and relocations in the commonwealth.
El Koubi joined VEDP as executive vice president in 2017 under his predecessor, Stephen Moret. During his time at VEDP, El Koubi has played key roles in landing blockbuster deals like Amazon.com’s $2.5 billion HQ2 East Coast headquarters in Arlington County and Lego Group’s $1 billion manufacturing campus under construction in Chesterfield County.
A graduate of Louisiana State University and the London School of Economics and Political Science, El Koubi previously led the former Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce in Louisiana, and helped lead the Louisiana Economic Development organization to attract more than $28 billion in capital investment.
