Joseph Cattaui
Joseph Aslan Cattaui Pasha (1861–1942) was an Egyptian businessman and politician, who served as President of the Jewish community of Cairo from 1924 until his death in 1942. Life and professional career Joseph Aslan Cattaui was born in Cairo in 1861, the fourth of eleven children of Aslan Menasce Cattaui Pasha and Grazia Benroubi. He studied engineering at the École Centrale Paris, graduating with a diploma in 1882. On his return to Egypt, he briefly joined the Ministry of Public Works, before departing to Moravia, where he trained in a sugar refinery. Back in Egypt, he became an associate of Suarès Frères & Co., and contributed to work on the construction of the Helwan railway, the water works at Tanta, the Société des sucreries. In 1904, he founded the Wadi Kom Ombo Company, a huge agricultural and land holding company, in collaboration with Suarès Frères, and Sir Ernest Cassel. In 1920, he co-founded Banque Misr, with Talaat Harb Pacha, and Dr. Fuad Sultan Bey, and ...
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