Quick answers
Did Dean Elkholy co-found Diply?
Yes. Yahoo Canada Finance reported on November 14, 2017 that "Diply co-founders Taylor Ablitt and Dean Elkholy started with an idea of creating communities online", and in the same article Ablitt describes Gary Manning as "the other co-founder", saying "the formation of us three is what really positioned us to get Diply started".
What did Dean Elkholy do before Diply?
The same Yahoo Canada Finance article, dated November 14, 2017, says Elkholy brought Ablitt "an idea that finally stuck" and then dropped out of his initial career path in dentistry to work on it, and that he tried to learn to code in order to build the first version of the site.
What is Diply?
Diply is a social-first publisher based in London, Ontario, launched in 2013 according to Western University's Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship page for co-founder Taylor Ablitt. Yahoo Canada Finance reported on November 14, 2017 that it published 1,500 articles and 150 videos a month for North American millennials and claimed over 71 million users across its platforms; diply.com was still live and publishing when checked on 2026-09-22.
What does Dean Elkholy do now?
Not established here. As of a check on 2026-09-22, no page could be verified that documents a current role for him, so this profile lists only his Diply co-founder title; the November 14, 2017 Yahoo Canada Finance article is the most recent coverage confirmed.