Rank #2578
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.