The Inside Story: The Dealer — How Mohamed Mansour Rebuilt a Nationalised Family Business Into a $4 Billion Fortune, From GM and Caterpillar to Electric Cars and Football - Billionaires.Africa
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Nasser nationalised his father's cotton business. Mohamed Mansour came back, won the GM and Caterpillar franchises and built one of Egypt's largest companies. Now, at 78, he is building electric cars with China's SAIC. The story of the dealer, from Cairo to Westminster.
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