Tarek Omar Abdul Fattah Aggad (born 1971) () is a Saudi businessman. He is the executive director of the Aggad Investment Company (AICO) and chairman of Arab Palestinian Investment Company, two firms founded by his father,

Omar Aggad Omar A. Aggad (; 20 April 1927 – 1 February 2018, also sometimes spelled in English transliteration Umar Aqqad) was a Saudi Palestinian businessman, the founder of Aggad Investment Company (AICO), and the founder and former chairman of Arab P ...

Biography

Aggad was born in Lebanon in 1971, the son of

, and grew up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia where he attended local schools. He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from

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, US. He is married to Shirine Aggad, and they have four children. Aggad was a director on a number of boards including Aggad Investment Company, Palestine Power Generation Company, Palestine Electric Company, Bank of Palestine, King Hussein Cancer Foundation, King’s Academy as well as other companies in Palestine, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. In 2019 Aggad was received the “Star of Merit” of the “Order of Palestine” from President

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of Palestine. In 2023, Aggad was awarded an honorary doctorate by

Birzeit University Birzeit University () is a public university in the West Bank, Palestine, registered by the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs as a charitable organization. It is accredited by the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Mini ...

Personal life

He is married to Shirine Aggad, and they have four children.

References

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