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Scott Ragsdale (born January 10th 1971) is an American businessman and endurance athlete. He is currently Chairman of naseba, a business-to-business event organiser, and in addition to being the first Dubai resident to swim the English Channel is the only person to have completed an ironman in every emirate of the UAE.

Ragsdale was born in St Petersburg, Florida. He attended The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor’s in Political Science in 1995.

He was General Manager of global business information company Marcus Evans from 1998 to 2001. In 2002, he co-founded naseba, a business information group focused on producing, promoting and hosting business summits, professional training courses and business exhibitions.

Personal Achievements
Notable physical achievements include summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, and completing the Marathon des Sables.

From November 24th to 30th 2011 Ragsdale completed the naseba seven – his personal challenge to complete one iron-distance triathlon every day for a week across the seven emirates of the UAE. The event was featured in numerous publications including Gulf News, sport360, and Men’s Health.