Johnny Saade

Johnny R. Saadé (born 1942) is Chairman and CEO of Johnny R. Saadé Holdings, a Lebanon-based constellation of companies involved in tourism, winemaking, real estate and financial investments.
The Saade Family
The Saadé family, of Syrian - Lebanese descent and Greek-Orthodox origin, traces its mercantile roots to 18th and 19th century levantine landowning, and commercial and industrial development with prominent representatives such as Gabriel Saadé (1854-1939) and Rodolphe Saadé (1900-1956).
With an initial involvement in commodities trading and various industries (cotton, alcohol and tobacco), the family was drawn into other activities including sea shipping and land transport that were ultimately developed by Johnny R. Saadé, Rodolphe’s son, in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and France, where he founded the Compagnie Maritime d’Affrêtement (CMA) in 1978. CMA eventually became one of the major container shipping companies in the world.
Having divested itself from those activities, other more subtle ventures have also been developed by Johnny R. Saadé Holdings, in winemaking, tourism and real estate in various areas of the Middle East and elsewhere including Dubai, Syria and Lebanon.
Johnny R.Saade is also the Chairman and CEO of Mistral (holding) s.a.l., an investment firm involved in Europe and the Middle-east.
He is assisted by his two sons Karim Saade and Sandro Saade.

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