Naguib Sawiris

Naguib Sawiris (#747)

Global Rank #747

Country Rank #2

Country Egypt

Naguib Sawiris is listed among the world billionaires tracked by Iconic Billionaires.

$ 6 B
Telecom
Egypt
M
71 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #747

Country Rank #2

Net Worth $5.6B

Previous Worth $5.6B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country Egypt

Industry Telecom

Age 71 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence Cairo, Egypt

Citizenship Egypt

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Personal Stats

Age 71

Source Of Wealth Telecom

Residence Cairo, Egypt

Citizenship Egypt

Marital Status Married

Children 4

Education Master of Science, Swiss Federal Polytechnical Institute; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Swiss Federal Polytechnical Institute

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $5.6B

Current Net Worth $5.6B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Naguib Sawiris is a scion of Egypt's wealthiest family. His brothers Nassef and Samih are also billionaires. He built a fortune in telecom, selling Orascom Telecom in 2011 to Russian telecom firm VimpelCom (now Veon) in a multibillion-dollar transaction. He's chairman of Orascom TMT Investments, which has stakes in an asset manager in Egypt and Italian internet company Italiaonline, among others. He also developed a luxury resort called Silversands on the Caribbean island of Grenada.

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#749

Billionaires (2026)

Africa's Billionaires (2026)

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Sawiris helped found The Free Egyptians, a liberal political party, at the onset of Egypt's uprisings in 2011.

In 2015, he offered to buy a Greek or Italian island to house Syrian refugees, but Greece and Italy turned him down.

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Current Net Worth: $5.6B (May 4, 2026)