Syrian businessman. He is the owner of the “Al-Akhras Group,” which was founded in 1973, and a shareholder in establishing several companies, including the “Al-Mabanee Company for the Production of Ready-Mixed Concrete,” and the “Middle East Mills Company” for producing flour and grinding grains, in addition to a company for manufacturing and canning imported and local meat, and two land transportation companies. A maritime transportation company, and a commercial markets company that now owns “Trans Mall.” He is also one of the founders of the “ Syrian Holding Company ” and Vice Chairman of its Board of Directors, one of the founders of the “Arab Insurance Company” in Syria, the founder and president of the “Syrian Grain Industry Federation,” and the owner of the weekly “Al-Khabar” newspaper. A member of the Board of Directors and a founding partner in “Transbeton Company” in the Syrian Arab Republic. He owns 2,250 shares in the company, at a rate of 75%, worth 2,250,000 Syrian pounds. He is a founding partner in “Taj Industrial Investments Company” in the Syrian Arab Republic, and owns 2,000 shares in the company, 20%, worth 1,000,000 Syrian pounds, as of 2/12/2015. He is a director and founding partner in the “Middle East Factories Company for Starch, Diameter and Their Derivatives” in the Syrian Arab Republic, and owns 5,000 shares in the company, 5%, with a value of 5,000,000 Syrian pounds. He is a director and founding partner in the “Al-Aliyat Real Estate Development and Investment Company” in the Syrian Arab Republic, and owns 34 shares in the company, 34%, with a value of 17,000,000 Syrian pounds. He is a founding partner in the “Middle East Sugar Factories Company” in the Syrian Arab Republic, and owns 5,349,960 shares in the company, at a rate of 99%, with a value of 2,674,980,000 Syrian pounds, as of 2/12/2015. His name was included in the list of the 100 most prominent Syrian businessmen for the year 2010, and he is considered the second largest exporter in Syria according to the “Export Development and Promotion Authority.” He was also chosen as one of the sheikhs of the food industry in 2009 according to “Al-Iqtisadi Magazine,” and one of those who received the title of Shahbandar Al-Tajer in Homs. 2010.