Mohamed Mansour (businessman)

Mohamed Mansour
Born 1948
Egypt
Residence Cairo, Egypt
Nationality Egyptian
Alma mater North Carolina State University
Auburn University
Occupation Chairman, Mansour Group
Net worth $4.0 billion (January 2015)[1]
Children 2

Mohamed Mansour (born 1948) is an Egyptian businessman and former politician.

Early life

Mohamed Mansour was born into one of the most prominent business families in Alexandria: the Mansour Group controls nine of Egypt's top Fortune 500 companies, though it needed to survive the nationalization and confiscation of its assets in 1965.[2]

Mansour gained an engineering degree from North Carolina State University in 1968, and a Masters in business administration from Auburn University in 1971, teaching there until 1973.

Career

With his two brothers, Mansour maintained an active role in the family business, building close ties as distributors for US companies including Chevrolet, Marlboro, General Motors and Caterpillar.[2] Other interests include Metro, the largest Egyptian supermarket chain, and McDonald's franchises in Egypt.[1]

In January 2006 Mansour resigned his business responsibilities to serve as minister of transport. He resigned in October 2009 after a deadly train crash.[2] The Mansour Group is expanding outside Egypt.[1]

Personal life

He is married with two children and lives in Cairo.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Mohamed Mansour". Forbes. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ibtessam Zayed & Salma Hussein, 'Mohamed Mansour: A tarnished captain of industry', Ahram Online, 10 March 2011

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