Mohed Altrad
| Mohed Altrad | |
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| Born | March 9, 1948 Syria |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Businessman, rugby chairman, writer |
| Net worth | $1.12 billion |
Mohed Altrad is a Syrian-born French billionaire businessman, rugby chairman and writer, born in March 1948 in the desert of Syria. His mother died on the day he was born[citation needed] and his Bedouin father gave him away to his grandparents at age 4. He was destined to be a shepherd.
Youth
Mohed Altrad spent part of his youth in Raqqa, Syria.[1] He did his A levels at 17, he earned an allocation of scholarship and came up with 200 francs in Montpellier, France.[2]
Career
After earning a PhD in computer science at the University of Montpellier, he began working for the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, from which he left to buy a scaffolding company in France in 1985. This acquisition morphed into the present-day fr, employer of over 7,000 people, and involved in the scaffolding and cement-mixing industries. Altrad remains chairman of his namesake company, as well as the rugby club Montpellier Hérault Rugby.[3] He has also penned three acclaimed novels.,[4][5] He is unsure of his day of birth, so he recently "picked a date from a hat" in order to celebrate one.[6]
Bibliography
Novels
- Badawi (Actes Sud), 2002
- L’hypothèse de Dieu (Actes Sud), 2006
- La Promesse d’Annah (Actes Sud), 2012
Essays
- Stratégie de groupe (Chotard), 1990.
- Écouter, Harmoniser, Diriger (Presses de la Cité) 1992.
- Le management d’un groupe international : vers la pensée multiple (Eska) with Carole Richard, 2008.
References
- ↑ Peter Day, Entrepreneur of the year: a Bedouin turned businessman, BBC., 10/06/2015
- ↑ (French) Christine Kerdellant, J'ai gagné ma place en France, on L'Express, 14/10/2015
- ↑ (French) AFP, Top 14 - Montpellier: Mohed Altrad devient l'actionnaire principal, on Le Parisien, 21/05/2011
- ↑ Forbes profile
- ↑ (French) Antoine Guiral, Mohed Altrad. Mille et une vies , on Libération, 16/04/2013
- ↑ Katia Savchuk, From Bedouin To Billionaire: Meet The Man Changing What It Means To Be French After Charlie Hebdo, on Forbes, 02/03/2015
- Articles with French-language external links
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- French people of Syrian descent
- French rugby union chairmen and investors
- French businesspeople
- French billionaires
- Syrian billionaires
- Living people
- Montpellier Hérault Rugby
- University of Montpellier alumni
- 1948 births
