Proceedings of Annual Paris Business Research Conference 13 - 14 August 2015, Crowne Plaza Hotel Republique, Paris, France ISBN: 978-1-922069-82-5 The Characteristics That Assist Entrepreneurs toward Being a Successful International Entrepreneurs (IE) Humou AlQattan* and Musaed Alzayed ** International entrepreneurship are mainly connected with the entrepreneur’s characteristics like traits and attitudes as essential variables to distinguish the managerial process and activities of the entrepreneurial firm. Other researchers also indicate the importance of more exploration of this field, which needs increasing coverage and more investigation. . Still, the majority of research been focused on the firm level characteristics of international entrepreneurship revealing the individual level aspects, this paper one of those very few research that has been done to discover the influential characteristics of international entrepreneurs toward firm success and recommended some methods for more investigations in this field. Key Words: Entrepreneurship – International Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs characteristics *Dr. Humoud Alqattan, Department of Electrical Power, Monash Paaet, Kuwait, Email: h.alqattan@paaet.edu.kw **Mr. Musaed Alzayed, Entrepreneur, Email: starsco50@hotmail.com