talaat
TRANSCRIPT
Amazing person
CONTENTS
•1 Introduction
•2 His works .
•3 Personal life .
•4 Projects established by him.
INTRODUCTION
• Talaat Pasha Harb :
• (25 November 1867 - 13 August 1941)
was a leading Egyptian economist
and founder of Banque Misr (The Bank
of Egypt), and its group of companies.
HIS WORK
• The establishment of Banque Misr , the first real
Egyptian bank owned by Egyptian shareholders
and staffed by Egyptian nationals.
• The idea of establishing Banque Misr first emerged in
1907, when Talaat Harb published a book calling for
the founding of a national bank with Egyptian
financing.
• He continued advocating this call on all occasions.
In 1911, he published another book titled "The
Egyptian Economic Reform and the Nation's Bank
Project ", where he explained his economic idea.
HIS WORK
• The bank, under the leadership of Talaat Harb,
established a number of companies operating in
various sectors, such as: textiles, shipping, publishing,
movie making, insurance and the first national
airline: Egypt Air.
• Talaat Harb was honored by naming several streets
and squares in Cairo and other cities. His statue in
Talaat Harb square in downtown Cairo. In 1980, on
the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of Banque
Misr.
HIS WORK
• the late President Anwar Sadat, awarded Talaat
Harb the Nile Collar, which is the highest ranking of
all Egyptian decorations. It is granted exclusively to
kings, heads of state and those who rendered great
services on a national or human level in general.
• He also initiated many economic projects in Saudi
Arabia.
PERSONAL LIFE
• Talaat Harb lost his wife at a relatively early age. He
was survived by his four daughters: Fatma, Aisha,
Khadiga and Hoda (Before her death she donated
a piece of land & money to build an academic
cardiac institute at Ain Shams Faculty of medicine).
T A L A A T H A R B ( 1 8 6 7 - 1 9 4 1 )
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PROJECTS ESTABLISHED BY HIM
• 1907 Al-Ahly (The National) Sporting Club (by giving credit to the club foundation committe
• 1920: Banque Misr; capital LE80,000
• 1922: Misr Printing House; capital LE5,000
• 1923: The Egyptian Company for Paper Manufacture; capital LE30,000
• 1923: Misr Company for Cotton Ginning; capital LE30,000
• 1925: Misr Company for Acting and Cinema (Studio Misr); capital LE15,000
• 1926: The Egyptian Real Estate Co.; capital LE116,000
• 1926: Egypt-France Bank; capital 5 million F. Francs
• 1927: Misr Weaving Co.; capital LE300,000
• 1927: Misr Fishery Co.; capital LE20,000
PROJECTS ESTABLISHED BY HIM
• 1927: Misr Silk Weaving Co.; capital LE10,000
• 1927: Misr Linen Co.; capital LE45,000
• 1929: Egypt-Syria Bank; capital one million Syrian Lira
• 1930: Misr Transport and Shipping Co.; capital LE160,000
• 1932: Egyptian Products Sale Co.; capital LE5,000
• 1932: Misr Air Co.; capital LE40,000
• 1934: Egypt Travel Co., capital LE7,000
• 1934: The Egyptian Company for Leather and Tanning
• 1935: Misr for Mines and Quarries Co.; capital LE40,000
• 1937: Misr for the Manufacture and Trade of Oil; capital LE30,000
PROJECTS ESTABLISHED BY HIM
• 1938: Misr al-Beida for Dyeing, in co-operation with
Bradford, capital LE250,000
• 1940: Egypt Medical Pharmaceuticals, capital
LE10,000
THANKS & BEST REGARDS