Khaberni - The fortune of Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris made a huge leap in 2025, reaching 10.1 billion US dollars, due to significant gains in his investments, according to the latest updates from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Sawiris' fortune jumped to 10.1 billion US dollars, bringing him back to the top of the list of Egypt's richest businessmen, ahead of his brother Nassef Sawiris, whose fortune reached 9.27 billion dollars.
According to the latest Bloomberg indices, Naguib Sawiris's fortune increased by 3.23 billion dollars since the beginning of 2025, driven by his expanding investments in diverse sectors such as gold, real estate, reflecting his aptitude in benefiting from global market fluctuations, especially the rise in gold and real estate prices.
Naguib Sawiris, the 71-year-old eldest son of the late Onsi Sawiris, founder of Orascom Group, built his empire starting in the seventies when he joined the family construction company. In the nineties, he led Orascom's expansion into telecommunications, establishing Orascom Telecom which covered more than 20 countries, before selling it in 2011 to Russian VimpelCom for 6.6 billion dollars, making him one of the prominent global billionaires.
Economic analyses attributed the main factor behind this surge to Naguib Sawiris's investments in gold, as he is one of the largest global investors in this sector. Through La Mancha, he owns stakes in Endeavour Mining and Evolution Mining, which increased in value by 30% this year thanks to the rise in the price of gold to more than 4300 dollars per ounce, driven by global geopolitical tensions.
The expansion of Orascom Development in real estate also contributed about 2.5 billion dollars, including luxury projects such as Marina Ayia Napa in Cyprus, Silver Sands in Grenada, and Madinat Ali Al-Wardi in Iraq – the largest residential city there.
Meanwhile, the younger brother, 64-year-old Nassef Sawiris, chairman of OCI Fertilizers, earned 583 million dollars this year, bringing his total fortune to 9.27 billion dollars, supported by his investments in the industry and sports.
However, Naguib remains in the lead thanks to diversifying his portfolio, which includes 6.5 billion dollars in cash, and stakes in Orascom Construction and Orascom Investment Holding, which increased in value by 75% on the Cairo Stock Exchange.
