- Saad Hariri
Saad ed Deen Rafiq al Hariri ( _ar. سعد الدين رفيق الحريري), (born
April 18 ,1970 inRiyadh ,Saudi Arabia )Fact|date=June 2007 is aSaudi -Lebanese businessman and politician, and the second son ofRafik Hariri , the assassinated former prime minister of Lebanon. After his father's death, he inherited the helm of theFuture Movement , an essentially Sunni movement that was created and led by his father.Early Years and Personal Life
Saad Hariri is the son of
Rafiq Hariri and anIraqi mother (Nidal Al-Bustani). He has been born and raised inSaudi Arabia and managed part of his father's business there until his father's assassination. When his father was assassinated in February 2005, he inherited some USD 4.1 billion in 2005 earning him and each of his siblingscite news
url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_ID=1&article_ID=22880&categ_id=2
publisher=The Daily Star (Lebanon)
title=Hind Hariri is world's youngest billionaire
date=March 11, 2006] a place on the 2006 Forbes list of richest people in the world (released in March 2006).
He was the Chairman of the executive committee of Oger Telecom, which pursues telecommunication interest in Middle East and Africa. In addition to heading Saudi Oger, Hariri was the Chairman of Omnia Holdings, and Board Member of Oger International Entreprise de Travaux Internationaux, Saudi Investment Bank, Saudi Research and Marketing Group and Future Television.
Entry into Politics
After his father,
Rafiq Hariri , was killed onFebruary 14 2005 by a car bomb in centralBeirut , Saad Hariri returned toLebanon and took up his father's political path engaged in politics.External links
* [http://www.futuremovement.org Future Movement official website]
* [http://www.portfolio.com/careers/features/2007/08/13/Saad-Hariri-Profile To Live and Die in Beiurt, A portfolio of Saad Hariri]
* [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/4R2O.html Forbes, 2006 #158 Billionair: Saad Hariri]
* [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/07billionaires_Saad-Hariri_4R2O.html Forbes, 2007 #407 Billionair: Saad Hariri]References
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