Naguib Sawiris
$3.8B
as of 07/05/24
About Naguib Sawiris
Naguib Sawiris is a scion of Egypt's wealthiest family. His brother Nassef is also a billionaire.
He built a fortune in telecom, selling Orascom Telecom in 2011 to Russian telecom firm VimpelCom (now Veon) in a multibillion-dollar transaction.
He's chairman of Orascom TMT Investments, which has stakes in an asset manager in Egypt and Italian internet company Italiaonline, among others.
He also developed a luxury resort called Silversands on the Caribbean island of Grenada.
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Citizenship
EgyptSource of wealth
TelecomResidence
Cairo, EgyptMarital status
MarriedBirth date
06/15/54 (age 70)Number of children
4Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Swiss Federal Polytechnical Institute; Master of Science, Swiss Federal Polytechnical InstituteSelf-made
inherited and growingNaguib Sawiris’s fortune is worth
63K
troy ounces of gold
59K
median U.S. household
38K
median U.S. income
0.076%
U.S. credit card volume
0.015%
GDP of the United States
0.011%
United States debt
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Sawiris helped found The Free Egyptians, a liberal political party, at the onset of Egypt's uprisings in 2011.
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EGYPT | OCIC-EG
Orascom Construction Industries S.A.SIX SWISS | ODHN-CH
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