Egyptian businessman Mohamed Mansour has an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion as of April 2016 according to Forbes.

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Together with his brothers, Mohamed Mansour is actively involved as a distributor for many U.S. based companies like General Motors, Chevrolet, Caterpillar, and Marlboro. Through Mansour Holding, Mohamed and his brother continue to expand their interests  outside of Egypt.

In fact, around 60% of the company's revenue is coming from its international operations. Just last year, Man Capital, the group's equity arm has acquired OTS Logistics Group, which was based in the US, for $360 million. In addition to the group's interests in McDonald and Phillip Morris franchises, it also owns Metro, the largest supermarket chain which is currently negotiated by Majid Al Futtaim, an Emirate billionaire, for $300 million. The group controls nine Fortune 500 companies in Egypt.

Born in 1948, Mohamed Mansour came from a wealthy and prominent family in Alexandria. He is a graduate of Auburn University where he completed his Masters of Business Administration. He is currently married with two children.