Nassef Sawiris – Egypt’s Billionaire Businessman

Nassef Onsi Sawiris – Businessman in Construction and Chemicals. Youngest of the 3 brothers Naguib Onsi Sawiris and Samih Onsi Sawiris. Children of businessman baron Onsi Sawiris

Business Interest/s

  • CEO – Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), one of the world’s largest nitrogen fertilisers producer with plants in Texas and Iowa. Trades on the Euronext Amsterdam Exchange
  • Orascom Construction – Trades on the Cairo Exchange and Nasdaq Dubai
  • Holdings include stakes in the cement giant Lafarge Holcim
  • Holdings include stakes in Adidas AG . Supervisory Board Member of Adidas AG, Germany

Sports :

  • Joint Owner : Aston Villa FC , British Football Club

Other/s :

  • Board of Directors – Cairo Stock Exchange ( 2004-2007)
  • Board of Directors – Alexandria Stock Exchange ( 2004 – 2007)
  • Board of Directors – Dubai International Finance Exchange (DIFX) (2008-2010)
  • Member – Cleveland Clinic’s International Leadership Board
  • Member – University of Chicago’s Board of Trustees

Education:

B.A. – Economics , University of Chicago

Philanthropy :

  • Donated USD 6 million to Chicago Booth School of Business
  • Donated USD 24 million to aid Egyptian studends and fund an executive education program (2019)

Scholarship Fund:

  • Onsi Sawiris Scholar Program (in honour of his father Onsi Sawiris) – 2015

General :

  • Listed in Forbes List of Billionaires 2020
  • Listed in Africa’s Billionaires of 2020
  • Fourth Richest African – Forbes 2019

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Egypt

The Dubai Mall , the second Largest Shopping Centre in the World : November 2018

The second largest shopping centre in the world by total land area and is situated in Downtown Dubai, UAE

Dubai Mall has 4 levels, an internal floor area 548,127 square metres. 1,200 retail outlets and over 160 food and beverage outlets.

The Mall includes an acquariam, Olympic size ice rink, 22 screen cineplex.

Developed by Emaar Properties

Additional World Records:

Within the Mall there are several world records to be listed individually

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Burj Khalifa, Holds 7 of the World’s Records : Dubai, UAE

Burj Khalifa is the World’s Tallest Building. A living wonder.

At over 828 metres (8,216 feet) and more than 160 stories. It holds the following world records.

WORLD RECORDS:

  • Tallest building in the world
  • Tallest free-standing structure in the world
  • Highest number of stories in the world
  • Highest occupied floor in the world
  • Highest outdoor observation deck in the world
  • Elevator with the longest travel distance in the world
  • Tallest service elevator in the world

Emaar Properties PJSC is the master developer of Burj Khalifa.

www.burjkhalifa.ae

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Dubai / United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Saudi Falconry Festival Breaks World Record : Feb 2019

‘ King Abdul Aziz Falconry Festival ‘ confirmed by Guinness World Records (GWR) as the ‘ World’s Largest Falcon Racing Tournament ‘

The participation of a record 723 falcons , competing for 10 day ( Jan 25 to Feb 03, 2019). The total purse value at SR 17,630,00.

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Saudi Arabia

Gevora Hotel, Dubai. Tallest Hotel in the World. February 2018

Gevora Hotel, Dubai, UAE is the tallest hotel in the world, as a single building. Opened its doors on February 12th, 2018.

Gevora measures 356 metres in height. It is one-metre taller than JW Mariott Marquis. Houses 528 rooms, range of health facilities, Spas and five restaurants.

Developed by Al Attar Properties, Dubai

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Lebanese Restaurant ‘Leila’ named ‘One of the Best New Eateries in America’

Leila, a Detroit (MI) based Lebanese restaurant founded by Samy Eid.

  • One of the Best New Eateries in America – GQ magazine in their ‘ GQ’s Best New Restaurants in America for 2020 . (GQ was formerly Gentleman’s Quarterly)

Earlier by :

  • 2020 Detroit Free Press ‘Restaurant of the Year ‘.

www.leiladetroit.com

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USA / Lebanese-American / Lebanon

SKYLINE : World’s Largest Residential Building Project – on Track in Egypt – The Morshedy Group – Cairo, Egypt

Memaar Al Morshedy . One of the Egypt’s biggest Development and Real Estate Companies .

Founder : Mohamed Morshedy / CEO: Hasan Morshedy / Head of Sales: Rami Morshedy / Chairman of the Group: Hassan Sedky

The Morshedy group has begun construction on ‘SKLINE’ with a goal and vision to be the World’s Biggest Residential Project.

Memaar Al Morshedy in currently working on 14 different projects.

SKYLINE is based in the upcoming central area of Kattameya, Cairo.The development extends over 200,000 sq meters with parks and recreation facilities. It is planned to have about 13,500 apartments of various sizes.

Architect: One of the leading global archictects Mohamed Hadid / Local Designer: Raef Rahmy / International Design – Spanish Design Studio VDP Barcelona.

Guinness World Record Attempt Granted.

Plans for WORLD’s :

  • World’s Biggest Residential Project
  • World’s Biggest Rooftop Park in a building
  • World’s Biggest Infinity Swimming Pool
  • Egypt’s Biggest IMAX cinema-

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Hassan Morshedy with his father and the company’s founder Mohamed Morshedy
pix : forbesmiddleeast.com

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Egypt