Samih Darwazah
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Samih Taleb Mahmoud Darwazah | |
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| Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources | |
| In office 8 Jan 1995 – 4 Feb 1996 | |
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| Born | 1930 Nablus, British mandate of Palestine |
| Died | 15 May 2015 London, England |
Samih Darwazah (
Arabic: سميح دروزة, 1930 – 15 May 2015) was the founder of Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Jordan's largest pharmaceutical business, the Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources from 1995 to 1996, and later a senator in the Jordanian parliament.[1][2]
Early life
Samih Darwazah was born in Nablus. His father was a tea merchant.[3]
At the age of 10, he became the youngest child to attend the Arab College of Jerusalem.[3]
He studied for a master's degree at the
St. Louis College of Pharmacy, Missouri,[5] which he attended on a Fulbright scholarship.[6] In 2010, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the college.[7]
Career
Darwazah worked for
King of Jordan.[5] In 2007, Darwazah was named the Ernst & Young Middle East Entrepreneur of the Year.[8] He was named chairman of Capital Bank in Jordan in 2009.[9]
He founded Hikma in 1978 in
FTSE 100
index.
Publications
In 2004, Darwazah published his business memoir, Building a Global Success.[10][11]
Personal life
He was married to Samira Fadli and they had four children, sons Said and Mazen, and daughters May and Hana, all of whom survived him.[2][3] His son, Said Darwazah, succeeded him as CEO in 2007.[3]
The Darwazah family founded the Samih Darwazah Center for Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business at American University of Beirut in 2011.[7]
References
- ^ "US addition injects more firepower for Hikma". The Times. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Distinguished AUB alumnus and donor Samih Darwazah dies, leaving behind a remarkable personal and professional legacy". AUB. Archived from the original on 2015-05-23.
- ^ a b c d Ward, Andrew (21 May 2015). "Samih Darwazah, pharmaceuticals entrepreneur, 1930–2015". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Join Zawya Investment Solutions, Intelligence with in-depth Research & Analysis". Zawya. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
- ^ a b c d "List of Public Companies Worldwide, Letter – Businessweek – Businessweek". Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 2015-07-30.[dead link]
- ^ "Samih Darwazah". www.aub.edu.lb. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
- ^ a b "Darwazah Center for Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship". www.aub.edu.lb. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
- ^ [1] Archived June 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Samih Darwazah". Arabian Business.
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ "Building a Global Success". www.egypt-business.com (in German). Retrieved 2020-10-29.
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