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Wafic Rida Saïd (Arabic: وفيق رضا سعيد) (born 21 December 1939) is a Syrian-Saudi-Canadian financier, businessman, and philanthropist, who has resided for many years in Monaco. Saïd lived in Syria until his early twenties before he left Syria for Switzerland where he worked as a banker, before making his fortune in the Saudi Arabian construction industry in the 1970s. Saïd came to public prominence after helping facilitate the Al-Yamamah arms deal between the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia in the 1980s. He established the Saïd Foundation in 1982 and the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford in 1996 with an initial £20 million donation to the University. Saïd owns several properties worldwide, including Tusmore Park in Oxfordshire, but is officially a resident of Monaco.

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  • وفيق رضا سعيد (ar)
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  • وفيق رضا سعيد ولد في 21 ديسمبر 1939 في دمشق، وهو رجل أعمال سعودي سوري الأصل وملياردير له العديد من المشاريع والمؤسسات الخيرية. يقيم حالياً في موناكو وباريس. كوَّن ثورة تقدر بالمليارات بعد عمله في السعودية أيام ازدهارها في نهاية السبعينات والثمانينات في شركة مقاولات. انتقل إلى أوروبا ولديه الآن شركات في أوروبا وأمريكا والشرق الأوسط. يشتهر سعيد بدوره كوسيط في صفقة الأسلحة بين المملكة العربية السعودية وبريطانيا، والمعروفة بـ«صفقة اليمامة»، وهي من أكبر صفقات شراء الأسلحة في بريطانيا. ونظراً لسوء السمعة التي تحيط بصفقات الأسلحة، عبّر سعيد في مجلة الاقتصادي عام 2009 أنه فخور جداً بالدور «البسيط» الذي لعبه في مساعدة رئيسة الوزراء تاتشر، وإتمام صفقة اليمامة التي أطلق عليها «صفقة القرن» بالنسبة لبريطانيا. (ar)
  • Wafic Rida Saïd (Arabic: وفيق رضا سعيد) (born 21 December 1939) is a Syrian-Saudi-Canadian financier, businessman, and philanthropist, who has resided for many years in Monaco. Saïd lived in Syria until his early twenties before he left Syria for Switzerland where he worked as a banker, before making his fortune in the Saudi Arabian construction industry in the 1970s. Saïd came to public prominence after helping facilitate the Al-Yamamah arms deal between the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia in the 1980s. He established the Saïd Foundation in 1982 and the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford in 1996 with an initial £20 million donation to the University. Saïd owns several properties worldwide, including Tusmore Park in Oxfordshire, but is officially a resident of Monaco. (en)
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