The Most Famous
BUSINESSPEOPLE from Egypt
This page contains a list of the greatest Egyptian Businesspeople. The pantheon dataset contains 847 Businesspeople, 3 of which were born in Egypt. This makes Egypt the birth place of the 36th most number of Businesspeople behind Mexico, and Finland.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Egyptian Businesspeople of all time. This list of famous Egyptian Businesspeople is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Mohamed Al-Fayed (1929 - 2023)
With an HPI of 68.96, Mohamed Al-Fayed is the most famous Egyptian Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 30 different languages on wikipedia.
Mohamed Abdel Moneim Al-Fayed (; 27 January 1929 – 30 August 2023) was an Egyptian businessman whose residence and primary business interests were in the United Kingdom from the mid-1960s. His business interests included ownership of the Hôtel Ritz Paris, Harrods department store and Fulham Football Club. At the time of his death in 2023, Forbes estimated his wealth at US$2 billion. Fayed was married to Samira Khashoggi from 1954 to 1956. They had a son, Dodi, who was in a romantic relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales, when they both died in a car crash in Paris in 1997. Fayed falsely claimed that the crash was a result of a conspiracy, including that the crash was orchestrated by MI6 on the instructions of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. In 2011, Fayed financially supported an unreleased documentary film Unlawful Killing, that presented his version of events. From 1995 onwards, Fayed was the subject of media scrutiny and investigations into allegations of sexual harassment and assault. Early media scrutiny of sexual misconduct allegations against Al-Fayed was curtailed by his frequent threats of litigation. He developed a reputation for spending large sums on litigation against media outlets reporting on sexual assault allegations against him. In 2024 he became the subject of multiple posthumous accusations of rape, with over 200 women making complaints of illegal activity by September of that year.
2. Haim Saban (b. 1944)
With an HPI of 52.33, Haim Saban is the 2nd most famous Egyptian Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.
Haim Saban (; Hebrew: חיים סבן; born October 15, 1944) is an Israeli-American media proprietor, investor, musical composer and producer of records, film, and television. A businessman with interests in financial services, entertainment, and media, and an estimated net worth of $2.8 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 232nd richest person in America. Saban is the founder of Saban Entertainment, producer and distributor of children's television programs in the US such as Power Rangers. He headed up consortiums which purchased the broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 Media and Univision Communications. He is a major donor to the United States Democratic Party and active in pro-Israel political efforts in the United States. In March 2017, Saban was honored with the 2,605th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in television.
3. Naguib Sawiris (b. 1954)
With an HPI of 51.75, Naguib Sawiris is the 3rd most famous Egyptian Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Naguib Onsi Sawiris (Arabic: نجيب انسى ساويرس [næˈɡiːb ˈʔonsi sæˈwiːɾɪs]; Coptic: Ⲛⲉⲅⲓⲃ Ⲟⲛⲥⲓ Ⲥⲉⲩⲏⲣⲟⲥ [sæˈwɪɾos]; born 15 June 1954) is an Egyptian businessman. Sawiris is chairman of Weather Investments's parent company, and the former chairman and CEO of Orascom Telecom Holding and Orascom Investment Holding S.A.E.
4. Maryana Iskander (b. 1975)
With an HPI of 38.73, Maryana Iskander is the 4th most famous Egyptian Businessperson. Her biography has been translated into 41 different languages.
Maryana Iskander ( MARR-ee-AN-ə isk-AN-dər; Arabic: ماريانا إسكندر; born September 1, 1975) is an Egyptian-born American social entrepreneur and lawyer. In 2022, she became the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Wikimedia Foundation, succeeding Katherine Maher. Prior to her position, Iskander was the CEO of the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator and a former chief operating officer of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America in New York.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Egyptian businesspeople born between 1929 and 1975. Of these 4, 3 (75.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Egyptian businesspeople include Haim Saban, Naguib Sawiris, and Maryana Iskander. The most famous deceased Egyptian businesspeople include Mohamed Al-Fayed. As of April 2024, 2 new Egyptian businesspeople have been added to Pantheon including Naguib Sawiris, and Maryana Iskander.
Living Egyptian Businesspeople
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Haim Saban
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Naguib Sawiris
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.75
Maryana Iskander
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.73
