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Ali Wakrim
Ali Wakrim is a Moroccan businessman. Ali and his younger brother Jamal shares ownership in Akwa Group with Aziz Akhannouch Aziz Akhannouch (; ; born 1961) is a Moroccan politician, businessman, and billionaire who is currently the Prime Minister of Morocco since his government took office on 7 October 2021. He is the CEO of Akwa Group and also served as Minister of ... and his family. The two men's fathers partnered to form the company, along with Afriqua Gaz, which Ali Wakrim chairs along with Maghreb Oxygene, and Jamal Wakrim chairs along with Petrodis. Ali Wakrim shares ownership in Akwa Group with Moroccan billionaire Aziz Akhannouch. Wakrim's late father Ahmed partnered with Aziz Akhannouch's father to form Afriquia Gaz in 1959. Wakrim is chairman of the liquid petroleum gas distributor, which reported $400 million in revenues in 2014, while nowadays it is estimated he has more than $800 million, He is also vice president of Akwa Group, the holding company for Afriquia G ...
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Akwa Group
Akwa Group S.A. (former name: ''Groupe Afriquia'') is a conglomerate company headquartered in Casablanca. The company is primarily engaged in the oil and gas industry The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry or the oil patch, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products. The largest ..., but operates also in the telecommunication, tourism, hotels and real estate sectors. Its service stations operate under the Afriquia brand. History The company was established in 1959 as Afriquia SMDC (''Société Marocaine de Distribution de Carburants'') which is now a subsidiary of Akwa Group S.A. The other major subsidiary, Maghreb Oxygène, was established in 1974. The corporate structure was reorganized in 1990s by creation of the holding company ''Groupe Afriquia''. Its subsidiaries ''Afriquia Gaz'' and ''Maghreb Oxygène'' were publicly listed in 1999. ''Gr ...
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Aziz Akhannouch
Aziz Akhannouch (; ; born 1961) is a Moroccan politician, businessman, and billionaire who is currently the Prime Minister of Morocco since his government took office on 7 October 2021. He is the CEO of Akwa Group and also served as Minister of Agriculture from 2007 to 2021. Early life and education Akhannouch was born in 1961 in Tafraout and raised in Casablanca. His mother and sister were survivors of the Agadir earthquake from a year earlier that killed ten of his family members: they were reported to have been left buried beneath rubble for several hours before being rescued. In 1986, Akhannouch graduated from the Université de Sherbrooke with a management diploma. Business He is the CEO of Akwa Group, a Moroccan conglomerate particularly active in the oil and gas sector. Forbes estimated his net worth as $1.4 billion in November 2013. Akhannouch inherited Akwa from his father. In 2020, he was ranked 12th on ''Forbes''s annual list of Africa's wealthiest billionaire ...
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Moroccan Businesspeople
Moroccan may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to the country of Morocco * Moroccan people * Moroccan Arabic, spoken in Morocco * Moroccan Jews See also * Morocco leather Morocco leather (also known as Levant, the French Maroquin, or German Saffian from Safi, Morocco, Safi, a Moroccan town famous for leather) is a Vegetable tanning, vegetable-tanned leather known for its softness, pliability, and ability to take c ... * * {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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