Youssef Mansour

Youssef Mansour is chairman of family-owned conglomerate Mansour Group, which was founded by his father Loutfy (d. 1976) in 1952.

Mansour Group is the exclusive distributor of GM vehicles and Caterpillar equipment in Egypt and several other countries.

He oversees the consumer goods division, which includes supermarket chain Metro, and sole distribution rights for L'Oreal in Egypt.

Younger brothers Mohamed and Yasseen are also billionaires and part owners of Mansour Group.

Former Egypt President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized his father's original cotton trading business.

Mansour is a founding member of the American Egyptian Chamber of Commerce.