The Three Mesquiteers, Iraq's Three Billionaires.

I've been gathering information about this subject for years. Failing to complete the task because my mood (Wahes) gets a heart attack by the unavailability of search sources and reliable resources, mainly because most "Rich Iraqis" don't file a tax declaration to Iraqi tax agency, due to the ineffective role of this agency in the Iraqi society plus corruption and the long known list.


I don't want to accuse anyone of these three men, but I am positively that at least on or tow or all of them have done some shady-deals in the past or do that in the present. Once again this investigation would be impossible to reach a conclusive end due to lack of resources. Some of these men have problems with authorities so I will mention them only if verdict by a court, I won't get into rumors because , well they are just rumors until they get backed by evidences then they are facts. 

So here are the 3 Billionaires with very short background and Information that I could find about them.




1- Schwan Al Mulla 

Age :Mid 40's :D
Field : Constructions 
Net worth : 3.4 Billions  (According to ArabianBusiness)

Listed as 20th Richest Arab so far for this year 2011
Nationalities : Iraqi national , Kurd.

Occupations :
- Founder of the Iraqi Consultants and Construction bureau ICCB which won many rebuilding and rehabilitation contracts after the 2003 war.
- Major stock owner in The gigantic Egyptian Telecommunication company Orascom, (12% or more)
- Undisclosed Gas and Oil Deals in Kurdistan.!!

Notes : Close friend to Massoud Barazni Prime minister of  Iraqi Kurdistan region. 
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2-Nadhmi Auchi

Age : 74
Field : Construction / Real Estates 
Net worth : 1.8 Billions (According to Forbes.com)
Listed 692 on Forbes world ranking, Listed 21st richest man in the United Kingdom.
Nationalities : Iraqi national with British citizen.

Occupations :
-Chairman of The Anglo-Arab Organisation
-Founder of General Mediterranean Holdings worth 2.4B in total assets, with annual profits arond 150m.
-Built 120 Companies.

Notes : Convicted in France for illegal commissions with 15 month suspended sentence.

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3- Nemir Kirdar - The man for the JOB if Iraq wants to be #1 in the world.

Age : 75

Field : Finance , Investments and Banking
Net worth : 1,2-2 Billions  (According to special report in 2006)

Listed as 26th most influential  Arab of all time !! WOW
Nationalities : Iraqi national , US citizen. UK citizen.
Occupations :
- Founder, chairman & CEO of the great investcorp investment group 1982. Valued at 20 Billion Dollars !!
- 1969 Worked for Allied Bank International in JAPAN
- 1974 Vice president for CHASE MANHATTAN BANK in New York, Director of operations for the Arab Gulf region.




Notes :
- Graduate in Economics from University of the Pacific in California
- Holds MBA from Fordham University in New York.
- Honorary doctorate in humane letters from Georgetown University in Washington DC
- Honorary doctorate in laws from University of the Pacific in California 
- Honorary doctorate in Economics from Richmond, The American International University in London.
-Wrote the Book : SAVING IRAQ, must read book.

Affiliations : 

• Honorary Fellow St Antony's College, Oxford University, UK
• Member of the Board of Directors, Georgetown University, Washington DC
• Member of the Board of Trustees, Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.
• Member of the Board of Trustees, Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA
• Member of the United Nations Investments Committee, United Nations Pension Fund, New York, NY
• Member of the Advisory Board, The Judge Business School, Cambridge University, UK
• Member of the Advisory Board, School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, NY
• Member of the Board of Visitors, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington DC
• Member of the Dean's Council, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• Founding member of the International Business Council, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland
• Member of the Chatham House Panel of Senior Advisers, London, UK
• Member of the Board of International Councillors, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC.

Once Again , Saved the Best for the last.