Elie Hatem was born and raised in Hammana. He studied marketing and management at Antonine University, Baabda, then he started his career in construction and engineering, as a tendering coordinator and salesman at Alexco company from July 2013 until March 2020. He then decided to develop his passion for Tennis, and pursued multiple certifications from the Lebanese Tennis federation and ITF (International Tennis federation) in 2021. He joined Hammana Artist House as Production Coordinator in July 2021, and he currently also manages Drink on the side – the pub in the mountain.