The Most Famous
BUSINESSPEOPLE from Egypt
This page contains a list of the greatest Egyptian Businesspeople. The pantheon dataset contains 601 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 3
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 62.50, Mohamed Al-Fayed is the most famous Egyptian Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.
Mohamed Al-Fayed (; 27 January 1929 – 30 August 2023) was a British-based 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, and Harrods department store and Fulham Football Club, both in London. At the time of his death in 2023, Fayed's wealth was estimated at US$2 billion by Forbes. Fayed was married to Samira Khashoggi from 1954 to 1956, and they had a son Dodi. Dodi was in a romantic relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales, when they both died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.
2. Haim Saban (1944 - )
With an HPI of 52.34, 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. Maryana Iskander (1975 - )
With an HPI of 0.00, Maryana Iskander is the 3rd most famous Egyptian Businessperson. Her biography has been translated into 26 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.
Pantheon has 3 people classified as businesspeople born between 1929 and 1975. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living businesspeople include Haim Saban and Maryana Iskander. The most famous deceased businesspeople include Mohamed Al-Fayed. As of April 2022, 1 new businesspeople have been added to Pantheon including Maryana Iskander.
