Mohamed Mansour (businessman)
Mohamed Mansour | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 Egypt |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Alma mater | North Carolina State University Auburn University |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman, Mansour Group |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Youssef Mansour (brother) Yasseen Mansour (brother) |
Mohamed Mansour is an Egyptian businessman and former politician.
Early life
Mohamed Mansour was born into one of the most prominent business families in Alexandria: the Mansour Group controls nine of Egypt's top Fortune 500 companies, though it needed to survive the nationalization and confiscation of its assets in 1965.[2]
Mansour gained an engineering degree from North Carolina State University in 1968, and a Masters in business administration from Auburn University in 1971, teaching there until 1973.
Career
With his two brothers, Mansour maintained an active role in the family business, building close ties as distributors for US companies including Chevrolet, Marlboro, General Motors and Caterpillar.[2] Other interests include Metro, the largest Egyptian supermarket chain ماما حلوة, and McDonald's franchises in Egypt.[1]
In January 2006 Mansour resigned his business responsibilities to serve as minister of transport. He resigned in October 2009 after a deadly train crash.[2] The Mansour Group is expanding outside Egypt.[1]
Personal life
He is married with two children and lives in Cairo.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Mohamed Mansour". Forbes. Retrieved 18 January 2015. Cite error: The named reference "Forbes" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c Ibtessam Zayed & Salma Hussein, 'Mohamed Mansour: A tarnished captain of industry', Ahram Online, 10 March 2011