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Ghassan Aboud
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Ghassan Aboud

Syrian businessman

Muhammed Ghassan Aboud (Arabic: غسان عبود; born 1967) is a Syrian entrepreneur. He is one of the founding members of the Syrian Business Council and the Ghassan Aboud Group.2

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Born Apr 8, 1967.1

About

Based in the United Arab Emirates, Aboud was listed in the 2018 issue of the Top 50 Most Influential Expats in the UAE by Forbes Middle East. In 2019, his net worth was estimated at $1.75 billion by Forbes magazine.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedDamascus University3

Career

Occupation: journalist.5

He moved to the United Arab Emirates in October 1992, where he first worked in the public relations field before founding the Ghassan Aboud Group in the year 1994.

Ghassan Aboud Group commenced business as a small trader in new automobiles and spare parts. Over the years, he developed the business into a diversified conglomerate.

In 2018, Ghassan Aboud was named in the list of Top 50 Most Influential Expats in the UAE by Forbes Middle East.

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Pastoral Business

Ghassan Aboud Group has invested in the pastoral business in Australia with land holding of 35,000 hectares with a carrying capacity of 2,500 breeders. The milk and meat produced will be supplied to customers and also for GAG's hospitality business.

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Personal life

  • BornApr 8, 1967, Idlib Governorate6
  • CitizenshipSyria7
  • ResidenceBelgium, Dubai8

Muhammed Ghassan Aboud was born on August 4, 1967, in the city of Idlib in northern Syria. He is married to Nahed Aboud and has five children.

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Philanthropy

Ghassan Aboud established Orient for Human Relief in 2012 to provide medical, educational, and social services to the millions of Syrians that have been displaced or injured in the Syrian conflict. The organization receives doctors from international organizations such as the Syrian American Medical Society, USAID, and Hand in Hand International from the United Kingdom.

In 2015, he received the Global Gift Foundation’s Philanthropreneur Award in recognition of his humanitarian work.

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