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Mohed Altrad
French businessman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohed Altrad (Arabic: محمد الطراد) is a French-Syrian billionaire businessman, rugby chairman and writer, born c. March 1948.[1][2] He was born to a very young mother[1] and his father gave him away to his grandparents at age four following his mother's death.[1] In 2015, Altrad was named Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year.[3]
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Biography
Mohed Altrad spent part of his youth in Raqqa, Syria.[2] He passed the baccalaureate at 17, and thanks to his high scores, was awarded a scholarship of 200 francs from the Syrian government to study in France. He obtained a diploma from Paris Dauphine University (MIAGE 1975).[1][4] He is unsure of his date of birth, so he recently "picked a date from a hat" in order to celebrate one.[1]
Career
Altrad began working for the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, which he left to buy a scaffolding company in France in 1985. This acquisition grew into the present-day Altrad Group, employer of over 22,000 people as of 2016,[5] and involved in the scaffolding and cement-mixing industries. Altrad remains chairman of his namesake company, as well as the rugby club Montpellier Hérault Rugby.[6] He has also penned three acclaimed novels.[1][7]
In December 2022, Altrad received an 18-month suspended sentence and a €50,000 fine after he and French Rugby Federation president Bernard Laporte were found guilty of corruption relating to Altrad Group rugby shirt sponsorship deals.[8]
In August 2024, he became the primary sponsor of Garioch Ladies Rugby Football Club (RFC) in Inverurie, northwest of Aberdeen, Scotland.[9]
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Published works
Novels
- Badawi (Actes Sud), 2002
- L’hypothèse de Dieu (Actes Sud), 2006
- La Promesse d’Annah (Actes Sud), 2012
Essays
- Stratégie de groupe (Chotard), 1990.
- Écouter, Harmoniser, Diriger (Presses de la Cité) 1992.
- Le management d’un groupe international : vers la pensée multiple (Eska) with Carole Richard, 2008.
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External links
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