Naguib Sawiris

Naguib Sawiris interests me as a figure who refuses to stay in one lane. A scion of the formidable Egyptian Sawiris family, he built telecom fortune through Orascom yet also moved into politics, diplomacy, and film production. The ETH Zurich engineering background tells me his empire was built on technical understanding of networks, not just dealmaking. What I find compelling is that he uses his voice as openly as his capital, weighing in on Egypt's democracy and regional affairs. I am always drawn to operators who think on this scale, billionaires who treat public influence as part of the job rather than a sideline.

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Name (English)

Naguib Sawiris

Name (Japanese)

ナギーブ・サウィーリス

Reading

なぎーぶ・さうぃーりす

Born

June 15, 1954 (age 72)

Origin

Faiyum, Faiyum Governorate, Egypt

Occupation

entrepreneur / businessperson / politician / diplomat / film producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Horse

• Official sitehttps://www.naguibsawiris.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/NaguibSawiris
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naguib%20Sawiris
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1391723

Tags

• Faiyum Governorate
• entrepreneur
• businessperson
• politician

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.