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11/06/2015

Out of the Desert

BBC World Service - Global Business, Out of the Desert

How entrepreneur Mohed Altrad went from an orphan in the Syrian desert to billionaire

How entrepreneur Mohed Altrad went from being an orphan in the Syrian desert to become a billionaire businessman. Peter Day hears his remarkable rags to riches story.

Mohed Altrad was born in the Syrian desert, an orphan and in poverty. He does not know how old he is. Now he is a French billionaire and he has just been chosen as Ernst and Young World Entrepreneur of the Year. He tells Peter Day about his extraordinary story and the international company he has created over the past 30 years.

(Photo: Entrepreneur Mohed Altrad, with kind permission from M. Altrad)

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