Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian entrepreneur”. Today it says “palestinian and american dual citizen and a businessman who is the founder and chairman of massar international”.
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He is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Massar International since its establishment in 1994. He is the founder and visionary behind the high-tech " Rawabi City ”, Palestine's first planned city, he is also the founder and the CEO of Bayti Real Estate Investment Company that built the city.1 He founded and manages the first Palestinian equity fund, a $90 million investment initiative known as " Fund". He's on the list of the "Top Ten Richest People of Palestine in 2016." Masri was named by the World Economic Forum as a Global Leader of Tomorrow and ranked among the World's 50 Greatest Leaders in 2018 by Fortune magazine. Bashar Masri serves as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Palestine Development and Investment Company Like, PADICO's mission is to contribute significantly to the strengthening and expansion of the Palestinian national economy. PADICO has made large-scale investments in vital industrial sectors including real estate, telecommunications, tourism, industry, agriculture, environment, energy and financial services, employing thousands of Palestinians.2 "Siraj Fund raises $60m for Palestinian high tech" . 9 February 2011.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Bashar Masri is a Palestinian entrepreneur, born and raised in Nablus , educated in Egypt and the United States. Trained as a chemical engineer and with a background in management consulting, Bashar moved back to the West Bank from the Washington DC area in the mid-1990s, establishing himself in Ramallah. He was the founder and first publisher of the Palestinian daily newspaper Al Ayyam. A successful businessman, Bashar is CEO of Massar International, which engages in a variety of business activities across the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe. The Christian Science Monitor . 4 November 2009 . The Jerusalem Post . 30 November 2009 . "Nasty Piece of Mideast Business; Pact with Israel in '93 prompted a return of Palestinian entrepreneurs who now struggle to keep their companies afloat amid armed clashes and military closures" .
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Zak and an architect at the Rawabi site.Bashar Masri (/ / February 4, 1961) is a Palestinian entrepreneur and successful businessman, he is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Massar International, since its establishment in 1994.He is the founder and visionary behind the high-tech " Rawabi City ", Palestine's first planned city, he is also the founder and currently the managing director of Bayti Real Estate Investment Company that built the city.He founded and manages the first Palestinian equity fund, a 90 million investment initiative known as "Siraj Fund".He's on the list of the "Top Ten Richest People of Palestine in 2016" with net worth estimated at 1.5 Billion Dollars.Masri serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Palestine Development and Investment Company (PADICO).Like Massar, PADICO’s mission is to contribute significantly to the strengthening and expansion of the Palestinian national economy.Since its founding in 1993, PADICO has made large-scale investments in vital industrial sectors including real estate, telecommunications, tourism, industry, agriculture, environment, energy and financial services, employing thousands of Palestinians.
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Palestinian entrepreneur and businessman (born 1961) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Bashar Al Masri ( Arabic : بشار المصري , romanized : Bashshār al-Miṣrī ; born on February 3, 1961), known in the West as Bashar Masri , is a Palestinian and American dual citizen, a businessman who is the founder and chairman of Massar International since its establishment in 1994.He is the founder of Rawabi , the West Bank's first planned city, and the founder and the CEO of Bayti Real Estate Investment Company that built the city. He founded and manages the first Palestinian equity fund, a $90 million investment initiative known as "Siraj Fund". He is on the list of the "Top Ten Richest People of Palestine in 2016." Masri was named by the World Economic Forum as a Global Leader of Tomorrow and ranked among the World's 50 Greatest Leaders in 2018 by Fortune magazine . Masri is chairman of the Palestine Development and Investment Company "Executive Profile: Bashar Masri" . "Siraj Fund raises $60m for Palestinian high tech" . 9 February 2011.
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palestinian and american dual citizen and a businessman who is the founder and chairman of massar international
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