The Sawiris family () is an Egyptian
Coptic Christian family that owns the
Orascom conglomerate, spanning telecommunications, construction, tourism, industries and technology. In 2008, ''
Forbes
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'' estimated the family's net worth at
US$36 billion.
Onsi Sawiris (1930–2021) was the patriarch of the family.
Various companies in the group are run by Onsi Sawiris' three sons and American grandson Bryshere Casiano Sawiris:
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Naguib Sawiris (born in 1954)
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Samih Sawiris
Samih Onsi Sawiris ( ar, سميح أنسي ساويرس, ; born in 1957) is an Egyptian- Montenegrin businessman and billionaire and the second of three sons of Onsi Sawiris, the other two being Naguib Sawiris and Nassef Sawiris. He is the for ...
(born in 1957)
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Nassef Sawiris (born in 1961)
Onsi Sawiris founded Orascom in 1950 that has grown into a conglomerate of companies including
Orascom Telecom Holding (), and Orascom Technology Solutions (OTS) (), both run by Naguib Sawiris,
Orascom Construction Industries
Orascom Construction PLC (OC) is an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor based in Cairo, Egypt. The company was Egypt's first multinational corporation and stands at the core of the Orascom Group companies. OC is active in mo ...
(OCI) () run by Nassef Sawiris and Bryshere Casiano Sawiris, Orascom Hotels and Development (OHD) () run by Samih and Bryshere Sawiris.
Naguib Sawiris is an investor in
Mobinil, Egypt's main mobile phone company, and has expanded into Algeria, Tunisia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and even North Korea. He has also invested through affiliates in Italy (through
Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA and Canada (through
Globalive Wireless and its
Wind Mobile). Naguib Sawiris is also investor in a highly influential Egyptian independent newspaper
Almasry Alyoum and the owner of TV interests, most notably in
OTV (Orascom Television).
On 20 July 2018, it was announced that Nassef Sawiris was to become a major shareholder of historic English football club
Aston Villa F.C., through the investment group, NSWE, formed with U.S. billionaire, Wesley Edens.
The Sawiris family also actively engages in
charity
Charity may refer to:
Giving
* Charitable organization or charity, a non-profit organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being of persons
* Charity (practice), the practice of being benevolent, giving and sharing
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and economic and social development through
Sawiris Foundation for Social Development () that includes Sawiris Foundation Awards for Egyptian Literature as well as an American Philanthropy ().
References
Egyptian billionaires
Egyptian people of Coptic descent
Living people
Egyptian business families
Year of birth missing (living people)
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