Ricardo Karam

Karam began his career as an apprentice in the early days of the Lebanese radio station Magic 102. He went on to earn a degree in Chemical Engineering and a master's in business administration at the American University of Beirut and the Lebanese American University respectively. His first television appearance was in 1992 with Focus on Télé Liban.

Karam produced several talk shows, series, and documentaries in Arabic, English, and French.^{[citation needed]}

He published his first book Privileged Encounters in 2000^[9] where he revisits his interviews between 1996 and 2000. In 2005, he published Le Paris Libanais in which he discusses 30 years of history between France and Lebanon, including the Lebanese conflict and the Lebanese Civil War.^[10]

In 2020, he launched his own podcast series Conversations with Ricardo Karam ^[11] unveiling exclusive interviews and revisiting old favorites.

At the end of 2021 and on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Military Academy, Ricardo was asked to host the heads of the security services in a TV Special aiming to consolidate patriotism in the hearts of the youth during some of Lebanon's most difficult times.^[12]

In 2009, Karam created Takreem,^[11] which he designed as a platform aiming to promote good ethics in Arabs by honoring those who excel in their fields and who can act as role models for role models.^[13]

In 2023, Karam launched the ″Shining Stars of Hope″, a fundraising Christmas event to support struggling Lebanese artists.^[14]