Nassef Sawiris
Egyptian businessman, chief executive of OCI and co-owner of Aston Villa Football Club.
Nassef Onsi Sawiris (born 19 January 1961 in Cairo) is an Egyptian businessman and the youngest son of Onsi Sawiris, founder of the Orascom group. He led Orascom Construction Industries from 1998 and built it into one of the largest construction and fertiliser groups in the Middle East.
He is chief executive of OCI N.V., the Amsterdam-listed nitrogen and industrial chemicals company created from the group's fertiliser business, and chairs OCI's construction spin-off. He is also a long-standing shareholder in the German sportswear company Adidas and in the building materials group LafargeHolcim, now Holcim.
Through the vehicle NSWE, formed with Wes Edens, he became co-owner of Aston Villa Football Club in 2018, and he serves on the board of the club's parent company.
Education
- University of Chicago (BA, economics)