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Nabeel Barakat

Nabeel Barakat

Sector : Business, Businessmen

Личная информация

  • Страна местожительства: United States
  • Пол: Male
  • Born in: 1954
  • key_age: 69
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Информация

Nabil Youssef Ahmed Barakat (in English: Nabil Barakat), a Palestinian engineer and businessman, who holds American and Jordanian citizenship, was born in 1954, and he is from the town of Anabta in the Palestinian governorate of Tulkarm. He was born to a family of thirteen brothers and sisters. He immigrated to Oregon in the United States when he was seventeen years old. In 1978 he graduated from the University of Oregon with a major in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Upon completion of his education, he worked for the General Electric Company until 1983. He continued his education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, then continued his educational career at Cranfield University in England to specialize in air transport and air law, and obtained an MBA and aeronautics from Strayer University in the United States. In 1983, he established his two empires, represented by the “Wamar” company, which has been developing and progressing ever since. It is a company specialized in the world of aviation and electricity generation, as it carries out works of establishing and maintaining gas power stations, developing and maintaining aircraft engines, and so on. Barakat's business has spread to 168 countries around the world.

his academic career
Nabil Barakat immigrated to the United States, and at the beginning of his path he faced many difficulties. He worked hard and worked in very modest professions, until he graduated from the University of Oregon in the United States in 1978 as a computer and electrical engineer. He joined General Electric and left a clear mark on it. He continued his academic career successfully. Brilliant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduate school. He studied air transport and air law at Cranfield University in England.

his practical career
With the end of his academic career in 1987, Barakat joined the American General Electric Company directly, where he spent several years in high-level positions in various fields. In 1983 he built the “Wamar” company, so his name soared in the world of aviation and electricity generation, stormed the world and entered many markets such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Mogadishu, Mexico, Central America and South Africa, and proved his presence in more than 168 countries worldwide. Here it should be noted that Mr. Barakat has owned the company individually for more than thirty years. Barakat also operates in the most sensitive places in the US Department of Defense, thanks to its technology, reliability and quality of work.

His achievements, appointments and works
2000-2003 He was appointed as a member of the Academic Research Council at the University of Jordan.
2002-2004 appointed as a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers "ASME".
Appointed a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics "AIAA".
From 2000 to 2005, he was appointed, by government decree of the Prime Minister of Jordan, as the President of Amman Surgical Hospital, one of the leading hospitals in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, with the purpose of overseeing the restructuring and reorganization of the hospital.
Appointed by the US Secretary of Commerce as a member of the USIBD, this appointment was for a period of three years from July 2009 to July 2012.
Served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Jordan and Gulf Bank.
Founder of the “International Correlation for Oil and Gas Company” in the Syrian Arab Republic, accompanied by the Frenchman, Sami Laradji.
Founding partner in Quds Bank.

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