Bahaa Hariri
Geneva, Switzerland
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Boston University
Lebanon
real estate, investments
$2,100,000,000
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#1116 Billionaires 2019
Bahaa Hariri is the eldest son of slain Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri; he inherited his fortune from his father, who was a billionaire.In 2008, he sold his stake in Saudi Oger, the family construction business, to his brother Saad Hariri, the current prime minister of Lebanon.Bahaa Hariri founded and chairs Horizon Group, a real estate holding company with investments in Amman, Jordan and Beirut, Lebanon.He helped revitalize an area of Amman, called Abdali. The project, in partnership with the Jordanian government, is worth an estimated $5 billion.He's the majority owner of Globe Express Services, a logistics company with a presence in more than 100 countries.
Hariri is a graduate of Boston University; he pledged $15 million to its Rafik Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering. He's also an advisory board member of the Atlantic Council, a Washington, D.C. think tank that promotes international cooperation.
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