Nassef Sawiris
Nassef Onsi Sawiris (; born January 19, 1961) is an Egyptian billionaire businessman, and the youngest of Onsi Sawiris' three sons (his brothers are Naguib and Samih). As of October 2021, his net worth was estimated at US$8.7 billion, making him the richest Arab and second richest African. Early life. Nassef Sawiris received his secondary education from the Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule Kairo. He then continued at University of Chicago where he received a bachelor's degree in economics in 1982. Sawiris is Coptic Christian. Career. Sawiris joined the Orascom group in 1982 and oversaw the construction activities of  Orascom Construction following the transfer of management control from his father Onsi Sawiris in 1995. He became CEO of Orascom Construction Industries following the company's incorporation in 1998. He served on the board of Besix, following OCI SAE acquiring a 50% stake in the company in 2004, and a member of the enumeration and nominations committee until 2017. He was on the board of directors of the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges from 2004 to 2007, and was also a board director at the Dubai International Financial Exchange DIFX from July 2008 to June 2010. In January 2013, he  became CEO of OCI NV when they acquired the former parent company OCI SAE. In 2015, he was elected a board member of LafargeHolcim, having served on Lafarge SA's board since 2008. In October 2015, it was reported that Sawiris had acquired a stake in Adidas AG via his investment company NNS Holding Sàrl Luxembourg. In 2016 he was appointed supervisory director of Adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany. It was announced in July 2018 that Sawiris would replace Tony Xia as chairman of Aston Villa F.C. following the purchase of a 55% controlling stake by NSWE, a company jointly owned  and controlled by Sawiris' group NNS and American billionaire Wes Edens. In August 2019, after Aston Villa were promoted to the Premier League, Tony Xia's remaining shares were bought out by NSWE, assuming full control over the club in the process. In October 2020, Sawiris founded Avanti Acquisition Corp, a Special-purpose acquisition company. Personal life. Sawiris is married to Sherine, they have four children, live in Cairo, and maintain a residence in New York City. He is a Christian.