Portrait of Robert Mouawad

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Robert Mouawad

Net worth $1.5B

Fine jewelry · Lebanon

Born
Jan 01, 1945
Age
81
Source
Fine jewelry
Residence
Manama
Citizenship
Lebanon
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Robert Mouawad inherited the family's eponymous high-end jewelry business that his grandfather founded in Beirut in 1890.
  • He turned over management of the business to his sons Fred, Alain and Pascal in 2010.
  • Mouawad boasts one of the world's most dazzling gem collections, including Dynasty, a 51.12 carat Russian diamond estimated at nearly $10 million.
  • Robert Mouawad also owns real estate, including hotels in Beirut. He developed luxury residences on Reef Island, a man-made island in Bahrain.
  • Mouawad has a private museum in a 110 year-old Beirut palace displaying his collection of Roman and Phoenician antiquities.
  • In 2024, Mouawad announced a partnership with Dubai-based developer Dar Global to build a luxury residential development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.