The founder of Altrad, Mohed Altrad, is a bloody rich dude who is also Chairman of Montpellier Rugby Club
Nice work Twiggy!
His story is a remarkable one.
Mohed Altrad was born in a Bedouin tribe in Syria. After earning a PhD in computer science at the University of Montpellier and working for the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, he founded what would soon become the Altrad Group, a World leader in the scaffolding business, the construction sector and the industrial services. The man was named World Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2015. He has published several novels (Badawi, L’hypothèse de Dieu, La Promesse d’Annah) and management books.
He was born to a very young mother and his Bedouin father gave him away to his grandparents at age four, following his mother’s death. No document recorded the day he was born into a Bedouin tribe.
To make birthdays easier, his children picked a date out of a hat..............
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