Marwan Hayek

Quick Facts

Full Name	Marwan Hayek
Occupation	Businessperson
Date Of Birth	Sep 7, 1969(1969-09-07)
Age	55
Birthplace	Beirut
Country	Lebanon
Birth City	Beirut Governorate
Horoscope	Virgo

Marwan Hayek Biography

Marwan Hayek is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on September 7, 1969 in Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon. Born on the 7th of September 1969. Hayek was a telecoms executive as well as a specialist in digital economy and was part the team who developed the very first GSM system in Lebanon. Marwan has more than 18 years of working in the telecom industry across the MENA region.

Hayek has been honored with numerous awards for his contribution to the growth of the telecom sector in Lebanon and in the MENA region. In June of 2011, he was given”the Pan Arab “Telecommunications Man of the Year” title by the “Pan Arab Web Awards Academy”. The year 2012 was the time he won an award called the “Visionary Entrepreneur Award” at the Business Forum 2012. He also was presented with”Tatweej” Academy”, the “Golden Order of Merit for Leadership” from the “Arab Administrative Development Organization” (ARADO) which is which is an affiliated organization of the League of Arab States, as well as the “Tatweej” Academy.

In 2015 there was a controversy where the Governmental Tender Office claimed that Hayek did not submit the tender for the renewal of Alfa’s governmental regulated contract on time and the Prime Minister’s office disqualified Orascom from taking part in the bidding. The Shura Council cancelled the decision and ordered the Tender Office to endorse the company’s application. The council also urged it to conduct a public and equally competitive bid. The telecom operators in Lebanon are government regulated and have to go back to the Minister of Telecommunications whenever they want to invest in the network.

The mobile penetration rate in Lebanon is close to saturation, indexed at 94% as per beginning year 2016.

Hayek assumed the reins of Alfa one of the initial Lebanese mobile operator owned by Orascom Telecom, as its Chairman and CEO at in March. Hayek was in charge of the introduction of 3G+ technology which was first introduced in October of 2011 and also the introduction of 4G-LTE technology on May 2013. Lebanese internet cable networks are not compatible with fibre optics. Lebanese Internet cable providers don’t currently support fibre optics. The advent of 3G+ and 4G-LTE allowed the Lebanese citizens to high-speed Internet.

Marwan Hayek Net Worth

Marwan Hayek is one of the richest Businessperson from Lebanon. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Marwan Hayek 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

From 1999 onwards, after the awarding of the Management Agreement of Alfa by Orascom Telecom in February 2009 and, in addition to his role in Mobinil, Hayek was appointed to the board of MIC1 Lebanon along with Orascom Telecom Lebanon. In November of 2014, he is a member of the directors’ board for WIS Telecom (an OTMT international carrier subsidiary that operates from Belgium as well as Italy).

Prior to joining Mobinil, Hayek was the CTO of Mobilink in Pakistan (an OTH subsidiary) between June 2003 until September 2007. Between 2000 between 2000 and 2002, Hayek joined the team that developed Sabafon’s network in Yemen in the role of CTO. under Hayek, OTH grew to more than 120 million customers.

Hayek started his career with France Telecom in Lebanon – Cellis, known currently as Alfa, where he was part of the initial team that built the first GSM network in Lebanon, before joining later on the Orascom Telecom Holding in

1999. Hayek has held several assignments within the Orascom Telecom Group’s subsidiaries and its Holding, the latest before his current appointment was in September 2007, where he joined Mobinil – Egypt as VP Technology in charge of both network and IT infrastructure.

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Facts & Trivia

Marwan Ranked on the list of most popular Businessperson. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Lebanon. Marwan Hayek celebrates birthday on September 7 of every year.