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Naguib Onsi Naguib Sawiris is an Egyptian entrepreneur and businessperson who founded Global Telecom Holding SAE, Wind Telecom SpA and Yup Technologies, Inc. and who has been at the helm of 12 different companies. Currently, he holds the position of Chairman of Gemini Development BV, Chairman of Nile Sugar Co., Chairman at Orascom TMT Investments SARL, Executive Chairman, CEO & Managing Director at Orascom Investment Holding SAE (a subsidiary of Orascom TMT Investments SARL), Chief Executive Officer at CHEO Technology Joint Venture Co., Chairman at Euronews SA and President of Endeavor Egypt. Mr. Sawiris is also on the board of 16 other companies. In the past Mr. Sawiris was Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Weather Investments, Chief Executive Officer of Yup Technologies, Inc., Investment Partner at Sawari Ventures LLC, Chairman for Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA, Chairman of Global Telecom Holding SAE and President for German Arab Chamber of Industry & Commerce. Mr. Sawiris received an undergraduate degree and a graduate degree from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

Nadia Sawiris is a non-executive director at OCI NV, where she started in 2023 and currently holds the position.
She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania.

Taya S.
Sawiris is the founder of Tasoni, a company founded in 2014.
She currently holds a position as a Non-Executive Director at Orascom Development Egypt SAE.
Ms. Sawiris has an undergraduate degree from Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne.

Onsi Sawiris is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at HOF Capital, where he focuses on cloud-based technologies, fintech and enterprise SaaS.
Onsi currently sits on the boards of Drop Technologies, ItaliaOnline, Riverbank, and Orascom Financial Holding.
He leads portfolio acceleration at HOF and helps founders secure commercial traction by identifying synergies within the firm's global LP network.
Prior to HOF, Onsi worked in TMT-focused M&A at Arma Partners, a specialist technology investment bank.
Onsi holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
He is fluent in English, German and Arabic.