Have four children Hala, Ousama, Rula and Rima, all married.
Education
Government Primary School to 1949.
Evangelical High School 1953.
AUB – Faculty of Agriculture, B.Sc. 1957.
Work Career
Green Leaf in Lebanon from 1957 – 1958.
Established The White Farm in Beka’- Lebanon 1958 – 1980.
Established and managed Wardi & Co. in Lebanon and ran all its operations 1959-1972.
Established and co-managed the Beka’ Fresh Eggs Producing and Marketing Cooperative (FREGCO) 1964 – 1990.
Established and managed Tanmia- The Agricultural Development Co. in Lebanon 1972 - 2013.
Established and managed The Arab Poultry Co. in Lebanon 1973 – 1980.
Established and managed The Modern Feed Co. in Lebanon 1973 – 1996.
Established and managed Syria Poultry Co. in Syria 1973 – 1982.
Co-established and technically managed Homs Poultry in Syria 1976 – 1998.
Established and managed Saudi Poultry Co. in Saudi Arabia 1976 – 1990.
Established and managed The Saudi Agricultural Development Co. in Saudi Arabia 1976 – 1990.
Co-established and technically managed the Arab Poultry Parents Co. in Saudi Arabia 1990-2001.
Co-established and held the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of the following companies in Egypt:
Wadi Poultry since 1984
Rula for land Reclamation since 1985
Wadi Hatcheries since 1990
Wadi Feed since 1991
Wadi Holdings since 1992
Wadi Food Processing since 1995
Wadi Poultry Grandparents since 1995
Wadi Farms since 1997
Wadi Poultry Parents Co. since 2003
Wadi Glass since 2005
Established and holds the position of vice- president of Inmaa Poultry Co. in Sudan since 2005.
Scientific and Socio-Economic Activities
Wrote articles and lectured over thirty years in technical and economic subjects related to the poultry industry in Lebanon and the Arab World.
Co-established the Lebanese Poultry Syndicate in 1962.
Wrote articles and lectured during the past fifteen years in economic subjects in Lebanon and the Arab World.
Started practicing free services to poultry farmers since 1958 and established the free servicing concept in all his companies thereafter.
Co-established the Lebanese branch of the World Poultry Science Association in 1964.
Life member of the World Poultry Science Association since 1964. Attended all its congresses and conferences ever since.
Member of the Board of Directors of the Lebanese Food Industrialists.
Member of the Association of the Lebanese Industrialists.
President of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences Alumni Chapter-AUB since 2003.
General Secretary and co-founder of the National Coalition for Economic Reform-Lebanon since 2005.