Othman Benjelloun
Casablanca, Morocco
Diploma, Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne
Morocco
banking, insurance
$1,900,000,000
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#1281 Billionaires 2019
#15 Africa's Billionaires 2019
Othman Benjelloun is CEO of BMCE Bank of Africa, which has a presence in more than 20 African countries.His father was a shareholder in RMA Watanya, a Moroccan insurance company; Benjelloun built it into a leading insurer. Through his holding company FinanceCom, he has a stake in the Moroccan arm of French telecom firm Orange.Benjelloun inaugurated a $500 million plan to build the 55-story Mohammed VI Tower in Rabat. It will be one of the tallest buildings in Africa.FinanceCom is part of a project to develop a multibillion-dollar tech city in Tangiers that is expected to host 200 Chinese companies.
He co-owns Ranch Adarouch, one of the biggest cattle breeders in Africa.Benjelloun and his wife received the David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award for building schools in rural Morocco in 2016.
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