Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch
Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch is a Moroccan businesswoman born in Casablanca, the daughter of Boulajoul Idrissi, a Berber family[1], from the small village of Aguerd-Oudad, Tafraout. She is the founder and CEO of the Aksal-Morocco Mall Group, and the wife of Aziz Akhannouch, a wealthy businessman.
Salwa Idrissi inherited a fortune from her grandfather, Haj Ahmed Benlafkih, a businessman who dominated Moroccan trade in the 1960s. The Aksal group owns 50% of the Morocco Mall, the second largest shopping center in Africa, built at a cost of more than 240 million dollars in 2007. Aksal also owns the sole franchise rights for several leading brands in Morocco, including Zara, Banana Republic, Pull & Bear and Gap.[2][3] She is the creator and owner of cosmetics brand Yan & One.[4]
References
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- ^ "Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch is One of the 500 People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry in 2017". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
- ^ Mfonobong Nsehe, Ten African Multimillionaires You've Never Heard Of, Forbes.com, 24 April 2013.
- ^ "Salwa Idrissi Akhanouch to Launch Beauty Product Brand, 'YAN & ONE,' in Morocco Mall". Morocco World News. Oct 3, 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2020.