Farouk El Hitami is a professor emeritus of management (1966) at The American University in Cairo. He received his BSc from Ain Shams University (1957) and his MA from the University of Washington, Seattle (1960), followed by his DBA from the University of Oregon (1964).

At AUC, El Hitami has held a number of different positions, including vice president and dean of the School of Business, director of the Management Center, chair of the management in the Department of Management and professor of management information systems.