3) Bahaa Hariri – Net Worth: $2.3 Billion
This 48-year-old billionaire is the eldest son of the assassinated Prime Minister Rafik Hirari. He split from the family business Saudi Oger to pursue his own interests. He has investments in Jordan. He is also the majority owner of Global Express, a logistics company.
2) Taha Mikati – Net Worth: $3.6 Billion
This 69-year-old self-made billionaire is the co-founder of telecom operator Investcom.
1) Najib Mikati – Net Worth: $3.6 Billion
After serving Lebanon as its prime minister for two years, this 58-year-old billionaire resigned in March 2013 amid increasing tension in the nation over the war in neighboring unstable Syria. Najib Mikati is a political moderate, who struggled to keep Lebanon, deeply divided along sectarian lines, out of the Syrian conflict. Before he entered politics, he and his brother Taha were telecom operators in Africa and Syria through their company Investcom.
The above-mentioned billionaires are highly influential.
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