He started his career in the private sector where he and some of his colleagues (Marwan and Imad Ghalameh) founded a company in 1979 named Nesma (NESMA), the first letters of the company's name in English, "National Company for Engineering Services and Marketing". A holding company of 48 companies, including Nesma Aviation and Nesma & Co., which are involved in the construction of the Jabal Omar area overlooking the Haram al-Makki, the Makkah Metro project, and projects in the city of Neom