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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Youssef Abdullah Mahmoud Asfour (born 1955 - Singel village, Palestine) is a Palestinian businessman, founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab American University in Palestine.
its upbringing
Asfour was born in 1955 in the village of Singel, which is administratively affiliated to the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate. He joined the village school and was known for his academic excellence and excellence, and for maintaining his lessons, but he did not have the opportunity to complete his university studies due to the narrow financial situation of his family, which forced him to work at an early age in many fields, trying to collect a sum of money that would enable him to complete his university studies.
his career
He moved to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the seventies to work in the field of customs clearance, and within a short period of time began to work in the practice of trade and work after that in the field of marble and granite, and then to work in the field of contracting. He worked as an import and export agent for various agencies for many companies and then opened his own company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the field of customs clearance, in addition to his work in the field of real estate in Palestine at that time.
In 1996, Asfour, with a group of Palestinian businessmen, founded the Arab American University and opened in 2000. It is the first private university in Palestine and is headquartered near the village of Telfit, south of Jenin Governorate. In 1997, Asfour established the “Geneva Company” for marble and granite in Palestine, and its capital is now estimated at about $17 million. In 2018, he founded the Sydney Tourism Investments Company, which owns several international commercial agencies, including Gloria Jean's Cafe.
Charity
Asfour is known for his charitable contributions. Since his return to Palestine, he has presented a number of investment projects that helped create job opportunities for workers in the state. In the mid-1990s, Asfour donated the construction of a secondary school in Singel village. He also made many contributions to the development of Singel Club. He is also known for providing annual aid to all Singel village projects at the school, municipal and club levels.
One of his initiatives included the establishment of a bank to support the poor in Palestine, and he pledged to invite businessmen, economists and financers in Palestine to work on providing a project that would develop the national economy and reduce unemployment and poverty.
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