Rank #1862
Bahaa Hariri
Net worth $2.3B
Real estate, investments · Lebanon
- Born
- Apr 26, 1966
- Age
- 60
- Source
- Real estate, investments
- Residence
- Geneva
- Citizenship
- Lebanon
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Boston University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Bahaa Hariri is the eldest son of slain Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri (d. 2005); he inherited his fortune from his father, who was a billionaire.
- In 2008, Bahaa Hariri sold his stake in Saudi Oger, the family construction business, to his brother Saad Hariri, also a former 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, in partnership with the Jordanian government.
- 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 and Engineering.
- Hariri is also an advisory board member of the Atlantic Council, a Washington, D.C. think tank that promotes international cooperation.