Ahmed Abou Hashima

Ahmed Abou Hashima
Nationality Egyptian
Website ahmedabouhashima.com

Ahmed Abou Hashima is the CEO of Egyptian Steel group, Egyptian Media and Egyptian Cement, and the managing director of FE Steel.

Career

Hashima co-founded Egyptian Steel in 2010, after working in the steel industry since 1996. After January 2011, he invested in Egyptian Steel. By 2015 the company and its subsidiaries produced 300 thousand tons per year, and he launched an initial public offering on the Egyptian Exchange of between 25 and 30 percent of the company 's shares .[1]

In April 2016 he announced plans for the company to be the largest environmentally sustainable steel producer in the world, when all four plants are operational. [2]

Hashima is also the founder of the building materials company Egyptian Cement,[3] and Egyptian Media, which he started by acquiring 100% of the television channel ONTV, 51% of “Presentation Sports” for sports marketing and media, and 50% of Misr Cinema for movie and TV production. [4]

In 2015, Egyptian Steel co-sponsored an outreach initiative for tourism in Egypt,[5] He was among the first to donate to the account 306306, which was created by businessmen to support the Egyptian economy after the June 30 Revolution.[6]

Personal and family life

Hashima graduated from the Port Said University, Egypt. He was married to Lebanese entertainer Haifa Wehbe[7] in 2009. The couple divorced in 2012.[8] Hashima settled the divorce with his wife for a reported $30 million, money borrowed in part from the Muslim Brotherhood.[9]

Philanthropic work

Hashima has supported several charitable causes, including the 2012 Deaf & Mute National Football Team;[10] the 2012 Paralympics; the 2013 Special Olympics team. He has made charitable donations to a number of orphanages.[11][12]

In 2012 Egyptian Steel donated 20,000 tons of rebar for a youth housing project. The following year the company distributed 100,000 energy saving light bulbs to the community, and was instrumental in the installation of fresh water taps in 1000 houses in Nazla Village, Fayoum.[13] Egyptian Steel sponsored the 2016 Egyptian Deaf & Mute Team in the FIFA World Cup Tournament.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "استثمارات "حديد المصريين" تبلغ 5 بلايين جنيه حتى 2015". dp-news.com.
  2. ↑ "أبو هشيمة يعلن عن إنشائه أول مصنع حديد "صديق للبيئة" فى العالم". youm7.com. 25 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "حديد المصريين تستعد لطرح عام أولي في مصر وإقامة مصنع أسمنت". aswatmasriya.com.
  4. ↑ "بعد صفقة "مصر للسينما"..أبو هشيمة:صفقات جديدة على الطريق قريبًا". dotmsr.com.
  5. ↑ "Man of Steel".
  6. ↑ "أبوهشيمة يدعم صندوق دعم مصر". Youtube.com. 7 July 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Haifa Hits Back After Ex-hubby Blabs the Deets of Their Divorce".
  8. ↑ Haifa Wehbe and Ahmad Abu Hashima at His Sister's Wedding; Thursday, November 21, 2013 article; Arabia Weddings; accessed January 2016.
  9. ↑ Haifa's Ex-hubby to Sue Over Divorce Settlement; article; November 19th, 2012; Albawaba Entertainment; accessed June 2016
  10. ↑ "أبوهشيمة يكرم «الصم والبكم» أبطال العالم فى حضور رئيس الوزراء ووزير الرياضة والخطيب وشحاتة وأبوزيد". elwatannews.com. 8 August 2012.
  11. ↑ "بالصور.."حديد المصريين"تستكمل احتفالات يوم اليتيم برحلة لـ100طفل من القليوبية". news24eg.com. 18 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "بالصور.."حديد المصريين " يحتفل بيوم اليتيم". cairoportal.com.
  13. ↑ "بوابة الصباح : نهر الخير توّصل المياه لـ 1000 أسرة بالفيوم بمشاركة حديد المصريين". elsaba7.com.
  14. ↑ فلاح, السيد. "برعاية حديد المصريين... منتخب مصر يتصدر المجموعة الثالثة بمونديال الصم والبكم". innfrad.com.
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