Said Samih Taleb Darwazah (born 1957) is a Jordanian heir and business executive. He serves as the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of

Hikma Pharmaceuticals Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc is a British multinational pharmaceutical company with headquarters in London, UK that manufactures non-branded generic and in-licensed pharmaceutical products. It was founded by Samih Darwazah in Amman, Jordan in ...

, the

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multinational generic pharmaceutical manufacturer founded by his father. Darwazah was born in May 1957, the son of

Samih Darwazah Samih Darwazah (, 1930 – 15 May 2015) was the founder of Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Jordan's largest pharmaceutical business, the Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources from 1995 to 1996, and later a senator in the Jordanian parliament. ...

, the founder of Hikma Pharmaceuticals, which he joined in 1980. He has a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from

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in the US, and an MBA from

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. Darwazah was appointed CEO in July 2007, and chairman in May 2014.

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