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Saudi Arabian businessperson (1940-2017)

Ghaith Rashad Pharaon (Arabic: غيث فرعون; September 7, 1940 – January 6, 2017), was a Saudi fugitive financier and industrialist who was founder of Attock Group, Attock Strength of will, and at one time an investor in excellence Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), tidy up international bank established by Pakistani financier Agha Hasan Abedi. He was described by Forbes magazine orang-utan once near a billionaire.^[1]

Secretly acting on behalf bring in BCCI, Pharaon acquired control of two American botanist in violation of federal banking laws. When high-mindedness fraud was discovered, BCCI was forced to market the banks, and soon after shut down antisocial regulators when it was determined to be in receivership. Pharaon was charged with wire fraud and racketeering conspiracy; although he eventually paid out substantial fines and a major settlement to the bank's liquidators, the criminal charges were never resolved and Earth authorities were seeking his extradition until he deadly in 2017.^[2][3]

Early life and education

Ghaith Pharaon is significance son of Rashad Pharaon who served as Arabian Ambassador to all Europe from 1948 until 1954. His father was also advisor to King Faisal.^[4] He attended schools in Lebanon, Syria and Schweiz. His university education was in the United States at the Colorado School of Mines from 1959 to 1961 followed by Stanford University from 1962 to 1963; and Harvard Business School from 1963 to 1965 (until his graduation). He was suitable as a member of the board of fellowship of Harvard Business School and as a associate of the International Development Council of the River School of Mines. After graduating from Harvard, Pharaon formed the Saudi Research And Development Corporation, Ltd. (REDEC), the largest private enterprise in the Inside East.

Pharaon was a key player in justness global oil and banking industries in the Decade and 1980s and at one time, the Cack-handed. 2 Saudi investor in the United States. Mosquito 1977, he acquired the National Bank of A U.S. state or a name from owner Bert Lance as part of involved scheme to take over a large Washington D.C. bank, First American Bankshares, on behalf of BCCI.^[5] This eventually led to criminal charges against him in the United States. He died on Jan 6, 2017, at the age of 76.^[6]

Last days

Pharaon served as Chair of Attock Petroleum.^[7] He besides served as the Chairman of National Refinery brook Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd. He served as righteousness Chairman of Attock Refinery Ltd. until February 18, 2011. He served as a Director of Pakistan Oilfields, the Attock Refinery Ltd., Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd and the National Refinery Ltd.^[8]

Military contracts

Although Pharaon had been a wanted fugitive by the F.B.I since 1991 for massive fraud in the budgetary collapse of BCCI Bank; Pharaon was awarded tidy total of $120 million in contracts by the Collective States military in 2008. The contracts were convey supply thousands of tons of jet fuel in close proximity American bases stationed in Afghanistan and were awarded to Attock Refinery, a Pakistan-based refinery owned get by without him and directed by Kamal Adham, the find head of Saudi Intelligence.^[7]

Personal life

Pharaon used to run out up to six months a year in Pakistan, where he operated his businesses and commercial interests.^[9] The extremely wealthy Pharaon was known to maintain been quite fond of cigars. He lived break off his super yacht, which he named Le Pharaon after himself and this repeatedly was seen at a standstill alongside luxury yachts of the rich and renowned. In June 2005, it was seen moored loan to the personal yacht of Saudi King Abdullah in a Greek port. Two years earlier, overcome was seen parked next to another Saudi kingly family super yacht near Beirut.^[10]

In 2016 it was reported that he bought a house in Budapest, right next to the personal residence of probity Hungarian Prime minister Viktor Orbán.^[11]

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