Moez Limayem became the ninth president of the University of South Florida in February 2026. Limayem joined USF following a 3 -year tenure as president of the University of North Florida, welcoming its largest incoming class of students in fall 2025, leading to its highest overall enrollment since being founded in 1972. At UNF, Limayem received numerous recognitions, including being named by Florida Trend as one of the states 500 most influential business leaders and by the Jacksonville Business Journal as an Ultimate CEO. He received an award from the National Academy of Inventors for his many contributions to innovation and invention. In addition, he recently was inducted into the Florida Council on Economic Educations First Coast Business Hall of Fame, and the Tampa Bay Business Journal included Limayem in its lists of 25 People to Watch in 2026 and 2026 Power 100. Limayem has a deep connection to USF and the Tampa Bay region, having served for a decade as the Lynn Pippenger Dean of the Muma College of Business, starting in 2012. While dean at USF, Limayem and his team raised more than $126 million in private donations for the college, including a $25 million gift from Pam and Les Muma in 2014, which at the time was the largest individual gift in the universitys history. A $10.6 million gift from alums Arnie and Lauren Bellini led to the creation of the Bellini Center for Talent Development, which houses a professional development certification program and supporting career preparation programs and other services exclusively for business student success. Born in Tunisia, Limayem was the first in his family to attend college. He earned his MBA and doctoral degree from the University of Minnesota and he has held academic leadership roles at the University of Arkansas and internationally. Limayem is a globally recognized scholar in information systems, and his research has been cited more than 16,000 times in prestigious academic journals, including MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Management Science and the Journal of Management Information Systems.