How Ahmed Ezz built Egypt's biggest steel empire, survived prison and came back with a $1 billion expansion
Billionaires Africa | 18.05.2026 18:59
Ahmed Ezz was 19 years old when he walked into his father's steel trading company and decided he was not going to stay a trader. That decision, made in 1978, would eventually produce the largest independent steel manufacturer in the Middle East and North Africa, a legal saga that rivaled anything Egyptian courtrooms had seen in decades, and a comeback story that few people would have bet on.
