| 词条 | Omar Aggad |
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| name = Omar Aggad | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Omar A. Aggad | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|4|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Jaffa, Mandatory Palestine (now Israel) | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|02|01|1927|4|20|df=yes}} | death_place = Canada | death_cause = | restingplace = | nationality = | religion = | ethnicity = | residence = | education = | alma mater = University of Manchester | occupation = Businessman | known for = Founder of Arab Palestinian Investment Company and Aggad Investment Company (AICO) | boards = | salary = | networth = | spouse = Malak Aggad | parents = | children = 4, including Tarek Aggad | relations = | website = }}Omar A. Aggad (20 April 1927[1] – 1 February 2018) ({{lang-ar|عمر العقاد}}) was a Saudi Palestinian businessman,[2] the founder of Aggad Investment Company (AICO), and the founder and former chairman of Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC).[2] Early lifeAggad was born in Jaffa, Mandatory Palestine, in 1927, and attended Alrashidieh College in Jerusalem. He subsequently received a scholarship to attend the University of Manchester in the UK where he graduated with degrees in electrical and mechanical engineering.{{fact|date=January 2017}} CareerAfter working for a few years in the UK, he moved to Saudi Arabia in 1950 where he joined the Juffali Group as a senior manager. In 1975, he ventured out on his own and created what would become one of the leading investment groups in Saudi Arabia. He established over 40 industrial and trade ventures in Saudi Arabia, most of which still exist.{{fact|date=January 2017}} He was the founder of Aggad Investment Company (AICO) in 1975,[2] and the founder and former chairman of the Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC).[2] He led a group of investors to purchase 25% of Smith Barney in 1982, and served on its board of directors.[3] The Wall Street Journal noted that "Aggad is considered one of Saudi Arabia's most savviest and professional managers. In a book about Arabian merchants, British writer Michael Fields called him "bold and impulsive, an intuitive decision-taker with a huge head for detail." As a partner with other Saudi and foreign investors, Aggad operated 23 manufacturing plants scattered across Saudi Arabia."[4]He was a founding shareholder and director of InvestCorp Bank and a founding director of the Saudi British Bank while serving on the board of directors for 20 years.[5][6][7] After the Oslo process, and having been historically supportive of Palestine, Aggad decided to create an entity to invest and create jobs in his historic homeland, and thus he founded the Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC).{{fact|date=January 2017}} Since its founding, APIC has become one of the largest operators in Palestine, employing over 1600 people. Subsidiaries of APIC offer a wide array of products and services through distribution rights agreements with multinational companies that include Philip Morris, Procter & Gamble, Kellogg's, Hyundai, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Fiat Professional, XL Energy, Abbott, B. Braun, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Aventis and Nivea, among many others.[8] APIC was registered in the British Virgin Islands in September 1994. In 1996, it was registered with Palestine's Ministry of National Economy as a foreign private shareholding company, and became into a foreign public shareholding company in 2013. In March 2014, APIC shares were listed on the Palestine Exchange (PEX: APIC). Its authorized capital is US$70 million, and its paid-up capital is US$66 million as of December 2015.[9][10] Aggad was a philanthropist, and the school of engineering at Birzeit University is named after him, and he served as an honorary trustee of the university.[11] He was an honorary trustee of the Institute of Palestine Studies and other not-for-profits in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Arab World.{{fact|date=January 2017}} Personal lifeHe was married to Malak Aggad, and they had 4 children, Talal, Rana, Lama, and Tarek . Talal Aggad manages the family holding company (AICO), and Tarek Aggad is CEO of APIC.{{fact|date=January 2017}} DeathOmar Aggad died on 1 February 2018 at the age of 90.[12] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/?id=xF5mAAAAMAAJ&q=Omar+A.+Aggad+1927&dq=Omar+A.+Aggad+1927|title=The International Who's who of the Arab World|date=2 November 1984|publisher=International Who's Who of the Arab World Ltd.|via=Google Books}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Aggad, Omar}}2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.aico.com.sa/en/profile.html |title=Aico.com |website=Aico.com.sa |date= |accessdate=11 April 2016}} 3. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/02/business/arabs-buy-25-of-firm-on-wall-st.html|publisher=nytimes.com|title=ARABS BUY 25% OF FIRM ON WALL ST. - NYTimes.com|accessdate=10 September 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1982-07-02|last1=Lueck|first1=Thomas J.}} 4. ^{{cite book |last=Seib |first=Gerald |date=1986 |title=Facing the Recession In Saudi Arabia Taxes A Businessman's Skills; Omar Aggad Slashes Costs, Ponders Diversification |edition=1st |isbn=978-0879519711 }} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Investcorp Bank B.S.C.: Board of Directors - Businessweek|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/board.asp?privcapId=21185|website=Bloomberg|accessdate=4 May 2016}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Annual Report 2001|url=https://www.sabb.com//media/SABB/media%20not%20linked/not%20used/annual_report_2001_en.pdf|website=Saab|accessdate=4 May 2016}} 7. ^{{Cite book|title=In Pursuit of Fulfilment|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/In_Pursuit_of_Fulfilment.html?id=-HEzggcLCa0C|website=Google Books|accessdate=4 May 2016|isbn=9780297869511|last1=Kirdar|first1=Nemir|date=2012-09-13}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=APIC Home Page|url=http://www.apic.ps/english.php|website=APIC|accessdate=4 May 2016}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=About The Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC)|url=http://apic.ps/page.php?id=2526y9510Y2526|website=APIC|accessdate=11 April 2016}} 10. ^{{cite news|last1=Blau|first1=Uri|last2=Dolev|first2=Daniel|title=Panama Papers: Leaks Reveal Abbas' Son's $1m Holding in Company With Ties to Palestinian Authority|url=http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.713347|accessdate=11 April 2016|work=Haaretz|date=7 April 2016}} 11. ^{{cite web|title=Birzeit University Campus|url=http://www.birzeit.edu/campus|website=Birzeit University|accessdate=4 May 2016}} 12. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.maannews.net/Content.aspx?ID=938136|title=death of Omar Aggad|work=Mann news agency|accessdate=2 Feb 2018}} 8 : 1927 births|2018 deaths|Palestinian businesspeople|Saudi Arabian businesspeople|People named in the Panama Papers|Deaths in Canada|Saudi Arabian people of Palestinian descent|Alumni of the University of Manchester |
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