Ralph Debbas

Career in the automotive industry Before starting development of W Motors, Debbas worked as a designer for Land Rover and Aston Martin.

In 2009, Debbas launched Wolf Design and Innovation Group (WDI Group), of which he was listed as Executive Head of Design. WDI Group worked on a variety of projects including boats, furniture and interior design, consumer goods, and graphic/web design, and was active in Beirut and Paris.

He began development of W Motors and design of the Lykan in 2006, W Motors was officially founded in 2012 with the launch of the Lykan HyperSport. |author=|title=|source=

He contributed to the design of the ICONIQ Model 7. The Fenyr SuperSport followed with production beginning in 2018, but was not designed by Debbas.

Debbas launched the W Motors consultancy division in 2019, which now makes up 70% of the company's business. He continues as the CEO and chairman of W Motors S.A.L. Because of this, he predicts his son Karl (born 2016) will never need to or may be unable to own a car or hold a driver's license. Awards Debbas has been the recipient of several business and design awards during his career.

Personal life Debbas has an extensive personal collection of cars produced in the 1990s.