Nassef Sawiris

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Nassef Sawiris ( Arabic ناصف ساويرس, DMG Nāṣif Sāwīris ; * 1961 ) is a Belgian entrepreneur of Egyptian origin.

Life

Sawiris comes from a wealthy Coptic family. His father Onsi Sawiris founded the Orascom company in 1972 . His older brothers are Naguib Sawiris (* 1954) and Samih Sawiris (* 1957). Sawiris attended the German Evangelical High School in Cairo and studied economics at the University of Chicago . Nassef Sawiris has been CEO of fertilizer manufacturer OCI since 1998 . In 2008, Sawiris was appointed to the board of the French construction company LafargeHolcim . In the 2000s he was involved in the National Democratic Party (NDP) of Egyptian President Husni Mubarak . During this time he was also a member of the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), a think tank that advised the Egyptian government on economic issues. According to the US Forbes Magazine, Sawiris is one of the richest Egyptians.

Sawiris lives in London .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b page no longer available , search in web archives: sg.powernet.ch@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / sg.powernet.ch
  2. ↑ Orascom: Nassef Sawiris ( Memento from January 12, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Lafarge: Nassef Sawiris ( Memento from August 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Thomas Demmelhuber / Stephan Roll: Security of rule in Egypt. On the role of reforms and economic oligarchs, page 25, Science and Politics Foundation, July 2007, accessed on July 20, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Thomas Demmelhuber / Stephan Roll: Security of rule in Egypt. On the role of reforms and economic oligarchs, page 25, Science and Politics Foundation, July 2007, accessed on July 20, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Forbes Magazine: Nassef Sawiris
personal data
SURNAME Sawiris, Nassef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Egypt