Said Khoury
Said Khoury | |
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| Born | June 6, 1923 |
| Died | October 15, 2014 (aged 91) |
| Citizenship | Lebanon |
| Occupation(s) | Co-founder, owner and Chairman of Consolidated Contractors Company |
| Years active | 1941–2014 |
| Website | www.ccc.gr |
Said Tawfiq Khoury (Arabic: سعيد الخوري) (June 6, 1923 – October 15, 2014) was a prominent Palestinian entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was one of the three founders of Consolidated Contractors Company, currently based in Athens. Khoury set up the business with his cousin Hasib Sabbagh in Beirut in 1952.
CCC is the largest construction company in the Middle East and ranks among the top 25 international contractors with a revenue of US$5.3 billion in 2013. CCC has offices and projects in over 40 countries, and a workforce of more than 130,000 employees. Khoury who is listed as a billionaire by Forbes is ranked 10th on the Arabian Business world's richest Arabs in 2013. In the last years of his life, Khoury dedicated most of his time to the organisation he founded, The Bethlehem Development Foundation, funding various development projects in the city of Bethlehem.