Nahed Ojjeh
Nahed Ojjeh (born November 6, 1959 in Aleppo ) is a Syrian businesswoman, billionaire and patron .
Life
Nahed Ojjeh (nee Tlas) was born in Aleppo as the daughter of the former Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlas . In 1978, at the age of 19, she married the then sixty-year-old Saudi arms dealer Akram Ojjeh . Since then she has lived in Paris in the exclusive residential area of the XVI Arrondissement .
After her husband died in 1991, she inherited a handsome fortune. She studied philosophy and psychology at the University of Paris V. In 2002 she received a doctorate in political science .
She became a famous figure in Paris under the name of Madame O. From 2001 to 2006 she was the president of the NAO Chess Club , renamed after her , which thanks to her financial support has won several national and international titles.
Prix Nahed Ojjeh
Ojjeh was elected a corresponding member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1995 . In 2008 she donated the Prix Nahed Ojjeh, awarded twice a year by the Académie des Beaux-Arts, in the amount of € 15,245 for engravers .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Michaela Wiegel: In the salon of “Madame O.” faz.net, July 15, 2012, accessed on July 18, 2012 .
- ↑ Ariane Chemin: La fille du General Tlass (French). Le Monde, October 3, 2006, accessed July 18, 2012 .
- ↑ Nahed Ojjeh. Correspondant de la section des membres libres (French).
- ↑ http://www.cnap.fr/node/49214
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ojjeh, Nahed |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian businesswoman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aleppo |