Ahmed Bahgat:

Dr. Ahmed Bahgat , one of the most successful business men in Egypt these days. He started from nothing and he went right up to the top, it all started when he invented a watch that can tell prayer times and that got him a profit of one million Egyptian pounds.

“We have a couple of industrial and development companies specialized in land reclamation and others specialized in tourism and many others, the whole sum is 40 companies with 7 thousand workers on basis and about 15 thousand on temporary basis, and it is expected for that number to rise to 35 thousand in the next three years for there are many new massive projects to be opened in the next period. About the largest project and the one that I take the most pride in, it is definitely Dream Land . I think the reason that makes me take so much pride in it is that it is the biggest project of its type in the whole world for it contains a theme park, shopping city, conference center, health town and a center for business men as well as over 15 thousand houses of the finest designs. It is also one of the most electronic cities in the world with investment of over 7 billion Egyptian pounds. I work from 16 to 18 hours a day, and inspite of that my role is only managing these companies and putting their strategies then I leave the work to the specialists and I never show up at a company unless a problem occurs. I think the most decisive decision I took was leaving teaching in the university and taking up business.” Dr. Bahgat said.

Activities:

· Member Egypt – USA Presidential Council.

· Board Member – Association of Investors, 6th October City and Head of its Industrial Training Development Committee.

· Board Member – Egyptian Businessmen’s Association.

· Board Member – Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.

· Board Member – 6th October University.

· Board Member – Electronic Research Institute.

· Board Member – German Arab Chamber of Commerce.

· Board Member – Egypt’s International Economic Forum.

· Member – American Chamber of Commerce.

· Founding Member – Arabian media center.

· Founding Member – Al Alam Al Youm Press.

· Founding Member – Al Masry Al Youm Press.

Awards:

-Dr. Bahgat received the following academic qualifications and is currently active in many high profile activities listed below.

-Academic Achievements: · PhD 1982 – Engineering Science

-Georgia Institute of Technology – USA.

-MSc. 1979 – Engineering Science

-Georgia Institute of Technology – USA.

-BSc 1977 – Pure and Applied Mathematics

-Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University.

-BSc 1974 – Electronics & Communications

-Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.