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Ziad Fakhri

Businessman & Real Estate Investor

Beirut, LB

Ziad Fakhri
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Ziad’s Biography

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Ziad Sakr Fakhri is an experienced real estate investor and developer with a focus on investments in residential and commercial properties in Beirut and globally. For close to three decades, Ziad has invested in landmark properties in Lebanon, such as the Shell building, Shams building, the Beirut Marriott Hotel and Cote d’Azur resort, among others.

Ziad currently serves as Chairman & General Manager of Beirut-based companies, Safeco Holding SAL and Amaret al Rawche SAL. His first foray into real estate development and management came at a young age when, after completing his studies at American University in Washington, D.C., he built a home a few blocks from the White House. Upon leaving the U.S., Ziad returned home to Lebanon and completed his first purchase of a plot of land for a mixed-use property.

These initial real estate investments showed him the potential of finding promising properties with strong growth potential. Since then, he has worked as an investor and property manager, in addition to leading negotiations, overseeing high-level transactions and executing complex... Ziad Sakr Fakhri is an experienced real estate investor and developer with a focus on investments in residential and commercial properties in Beirut and globally. For close to three decades, Ziad has invested in landmark properties in Lebanon, such as the Shell building, Shams building, the Beirut Marriott Hotel and Cote d’Azur resort, among others.

Ziad currently serves as Chairman & General Manager of Beirut-based companies, Safeco Holding SAL and Amaret al Rawche SAL. His first foray into real estate development and management came at a young age when, after completing his studies at American University in Washington, D.C., he built a home a few blocks from the White House. Upon leaving the U.S., Ziad returned home to Lebanon and completed his first purchase of a plot of land for a mixed-use property.

These initial real estate investments showed him the potential of finding promising properties with strong growth potential. Since then, he has worked as an investor and property manager, in addition to leading negotiations, overseeing high-level transactions and executing complex contracts with numerous multinationals.

Ziad holds a BSBA degree in Real Estate and Urban Development from American University. moreless

Ziad’s Background

Safeco Holding SAL logo Safeco Holding SAL logo
Safeco Holding SAL
Chairman & General Manager
2007 - Present
Beirut, LB
Safeco was established to buy and control ownership interests in some of Ziad Fakhri's companies. Safeco and its sister companies developed numerous residential and commercial projects in Lebanon and the Middle East, and completed several Government projects as a contractor in Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Safeco's affiliates also invested in upscale residential and commercial properties in the USA.
 
Amaret al Rawche SAL logo Amaret al Rawche SAL logo
Amaret al Rawche SAL
Chairman & General Manager
1992 - Present
Beirut, LB
Amaret Al Rawche owns and manages the iconic Shell Building in Beirut, facing the famous Rawché landmark.
 
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Riad Salamé, the central banker of Lebanon, involved in a new fraud
Jun 2023
Under several investigations for money laundering and illicit enrichment, the former financial magician in the land of Cedars is implicated in a case of false testimony linked to the Marriott hotel group.
 
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Lebanese businessman fights to revive claim against Marriott
May 2023
An ICC arbitral tribunal in Paris is hearing Ziad Fakhri’s US$120 million+ claim against US-based Marriott International Hotels Inc over the Beirut hotel he previously owned that has spawned multiple arbitrations over the past two decades. Ziad Fakhri has applied for revision of a pair of ICC arbitration awards issued in 2012 and 2019 that dismissed claims against Marriott.
 
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Ziad’s Education

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American University
BSBA | Real Estate and Urban Development
1985 - 1990