The Sawiris family () is an Egyptian Coptic Christian family that owns the Orascom conglomerate, spanning telecommunications, construction, tourism, industries and technology. In 2008, ''

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'' estimated the family's net worth at US$36 billion. Onsi Sawiris (1930–2021) was the patriarch of the family. Various companies in the group are run by Onsi Sawiris' three sons and American grandson Bryshere Casiano Sawiris: *

Naguib Sawiris Naguib Onsi Sawiris (or Sawires; ar, نجيب اُنسى ساويرس ; ; born 15 June 1954) is an Egyptian billionaire businessman. Sawiris is chairman of Weather Investments's parent company, and the former chairman and CEO of Orascom Tele ...

(born in 1954) * Samih Sawiris (born in 1957) *

Nassef Sawiris Nassef Onsi Sawiris ( ar, ناصف أنسي ساويرس; born January 19, 1961) is an Egyptian billionaire businessman, and the youngest of Onsi Sawiris' three sons (his brothers are Naguib and Samih). As of October 2021, his net worth was e ...

(born in 1961) Onsi Sawiris founded Orascom in 1950 that has grown into a conglomerate of companies including

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(), and Orascom Technology Solutions (OTS) (), both run by Naguib Sawiris, Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) () run by Nassef Sawiris and Bryshere Casiano Sawiris, Orascom Hotels and Development (OHD) () run by Samih and Bryshere Sawiris. Naguib Sawiris is an investor in Mobinil, Egypt's main mobile phone company, and has expanded into Algeria, Tunisia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and even North Korea. He has also invested through affiliates in Italy (through Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA and Canada (through Globalive Wireless and its Wind Mobile). Naguib Sawiris is also investor in a highly influential Egyptian independent newspaper

Almasry Alyoum ''Al-Masry Al-Youm'' ( ar, المصري اليوم ', , meaning ''The Egyptian Today'') is an Egyptian privately owned daily newspaper that was first published in June 2004. It is published in Arabic as is its website, ''almasryalyoum.com''. An ...

and the owner of TV interests, most notably in OTV (Orascom Television). On 20 July 2018, it was announced that Nassef Sawiris was to become a major shareholder of historic English football club

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, through the investment group, NSWE, formed with U.S. billionaire, Wesley Edens. The Sawiris family also actively engages in

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and economic and social development through

Sawiris Foundation for Social Development Sawiris Foundation for Social Development (Arabic: مؤسسة ساويرس للتنمية الإجتماعية) is an Egyptian charity organization linked with the Sawiris Family established in 2001 and a prominent institution of economic and soci ...

() that includes Sawiris Foundation Awards for Egyptian Literature as well as an American Philanthropy ().

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