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Iskandar Safa was born on 3 April, 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon, is a French businessman of Lebanese origin (1955–2024). Discover Iskandar Safa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

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Occupation Businessman
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 3 April 1955
Birthday 3 April
Birthplace Beirut, Lebanon
Date of death 29 January, 2024
Died Place Mougins, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Nationality Lebanon

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Iskandar Safa Net Worth

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1955

Iskandar Safa (إسكندر صفا; 3 April 1955 – 29 January 2024) was a French businessman of Lebanese origin.

Together with his brother Akram Safa, he was the owner of Privinvest Holding, a major international naval construction group.

In addition to this, Iskandar Safa and his brother Akram controlled, through P.I. Dev SAL, the French company FIMAS SA specialised in developing and managing real estate properties in the South of France.

Iskandar and Akram are being sued for $2 billion by the Republic of Mozambique in an alleged corruption scandal.

Safa also owned Valmonde which publishes the weekly Valeurs Actuelles, a conservative right-wing publication that often takes anti-Islamic and anti-feminist stances.

Safa was born in Beirut in 1955 to a Maronite Christian family.

1970

In the late 1970s, Safa enrolled in the American University of Beirut, graduating with a degree in civil engineering.

1978

From 1978 to 1981, Iskandar Safa was working as a site engineer for INECC at the King Abdulaziz Military Academy project in Salbukh, Saudi Arabia near Riyadh.

1982

He left Lebanon to become a junior civil engineer in the United States, and then moved to France, where in 1982 he graduated with an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau.

1986

In 1986, he became President of Triacorp International.

1990

During the 1990s Iskandar and his brother Akram founded Privinvest, a shipbuilding company specialising in naval and commercial vessels and mega yachts.

1992

In 1992, he was elected by the CIRI (Comité Interministériel de Restructuration Industrielle) to purchase the Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie (CMN) in Cherbourg and managed to turn around the naval construction shipyard that was facing difficulties at the time.

The CMN became a French company affiliated with Privinvest Group.

He was also President of the council of FIMAS Group which owns marble carriers in the town Saint-Pons-de-Thomières located in Herault, France, also called ‘Marbres de France’.

2005

On 19 January 2005, he stepped down as President of the company’s steering committee in favor of Eric Giardini.

2007

In 2007, Iskandar Safa took part in the creation of the Abu Dhabi Mar naval construction site with Al Aïn International and became executive director.

2011

Later on in 2011, Privinvest purchased Al Aïn International’s shares.

Between 2011 and 2024 Iskandar Safa was the non-executive vice-president of the Marfin Investment Group’s steering committee, a holding company listed on the Athens’ stock-exchange.

Safa was considered to be one of Lebanon's wealthiest individuals.

2018

On 1 March 2018, a German consortium consisting of Thyssen Krupp and Luerssen was excluded by the German Government from the tender for the construction of the multi-purpose warship MKS 180 for the benefit of GNY (German Naval Yards), belonging to the Prinvinvest group, and the Dutch shipbuilder Damen.

2019

In January 2019, Safa announced his intention to take over the regional newspaper Nice-Matin.

In July of the same year, he withdrew from the process due to a competing bid from French billionaire, Xavier Niel, as well as opposition from the newspaper's editorial staff.

In July 2019, Safa acquired a 39% stake in a Nice-based private TV station, Azur TV.

Azur provides news services for the area of the Mediterranean coast between Marseilles and Menton.

As Safa was a Maronite Christian, he offered unlimited supplies of marble from the quarry he owned in southern France to aid in the rebuilding of Notre Dame Cathedral, devastated by fire in April 2019.

Safa died from cancer on 29 January 2024, at the age of 68.

2020

May 2020 saw the announcement that the German naval yards in Kiel, owned and run by Safa's Privinvest Holding SAL group, were entering into a long-term co-operation agreement with the Lürssen shipyard company based in Bremen.

The idea behind the partnership is to improve the overall German shipbuilding sector and to improve sustainability and efficiency.