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Samih Darwazah was born on 1930 in Nablus, British mandate of Palestine. Discover Samih Darwazah'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 85 years old?
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Nablus, British mandate of Palestine |
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15 May 2015 - London, England |
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Samih Darwazah Height, Weight & Measurements
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Samih Darwazah Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Samih Darwazah worth at the age of 85 years old? Samih Darwazah’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Jordan. We have estimated Samih Darwazah's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Darwazeh worked for Eli Lilly from 1964 to 1976, before establishing Hikma Pharmaceuticals in 1978. Between 1995 and 1996 he served as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources to the Government of Jordan. He also founded the Jordan Trade Association and was a member of the Advisory Economic Council to the King of Jordan. In 2007, Darwazah was named the Ernst & Young Middle East Entrepreneur of the Year. He was named chairman of Capital Bank in Jordan in 2009.
He founded Hikma in 1978 in Amman, Jordan. With the help of his children who joined the business in its early days, Hikma grew from a small factory in Jordan into the largest regional supplier of pharmaceuticals in the Middle East and North Africa region. The company also expanded outside the MENA region, establishing operations in Europe and the US, and was the first Arab company to export pharmaceutical products to the U.S. in 1996. Today Hikma operates in around 50 countries, selling a broad range of branded generics, generic injectables, non-injectable generics and in-licensed patented products. In 2005, the company floated on the London Stock Exchange and in March 2015 it entered the FTSE 100 index.
In 2004, Darwazah published his business memoir, Building a Global Success.
He was married to Samira Fadli and they had four children, sons Said and Mazen, and daughters May and Hana, all of whom survived him. His son, Said Darwazah, succeeded him as CEO in 2007.
He studied for a master's degree at the American University of Beirut, Darwazah received a master's degree from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, Missouri which he attended on a Fulbright scholarship. In 2010 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the college.
The Dawraz family founded the Samih Darwaz Center for Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business at American University of Beirut in 2011.
Samih Darwazah (Arabic: سميح دروزة, 1930 – 15 May 2015) was the founder of Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Jordan's largest pharmaceutical business, the Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources from 1995 to 1996, and later a senator in the Jordanian parliament.