Rank #604
Mohed Altrad
Net worth $6.6B
Scaffolding, cement mixers · France
- Born
- Mar 09, 1948
- Age
- 78
- Source
- Scaffolding, cement mixers
- Residence
- Montpellier
- Citizenship
- France
- Marital status
- In Relationship
- Children
- 5
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Mohed Altrad heads $5.8 billion (revenue) Altrad Group, which provides added-value industrial services and manufactures construction equipment.
- Altrad began life as an orphaned Bedouin in the Syrian desert. He was raised by his grandmother and attended school against her wishes.
- He eventually won himself a scholarship to study in France, where he earned undergraduate degrees in physics and math and a Ph.D. in computer science.
- After stints at tech firms and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, he bought a bankrupt scaffolding manufacturer in France with a partner in 1985.
- When Altrad immigrated to France from Syria in 1969, he didn't speak French and survived on one meal a day.
- Altrad authored three novels, one of which ? Badawi ? French authorities recommended to be included in the nation's educational curriculum.