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* [[Main Bank of Houston]] |
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Revision as of 00:57, 18 November 2006
Ghaith Rachad Pharaon (born September 7, 1940 in Riyadh and a citizen of Saudi Arabia) is a prominent Saudi businessman and financier, and was a key player in the global oil and banking industries in the 1970s and 1980s. Currently a subject of interest in multiple U.S. Department of Justice investigations, he is largely known in the U.S. for his role as the "frontman" in the BCCI scandal and for peripheral roles in the Harken Energy, CenTrust and numerous other scandals. He is also a former classmate of George W. Bush are Harvard Business School, and a prominent investor in Bush's short-lived venture Arbusto Energy.
Notable affiliations
Business associates
- Roger Tamraz
- Khaled bin Mahfouz
- T. Bertram Lance
- Kamal Adham
- Abbas Gokal
- Sheik Abdullah Taha Bakhsh
- John Connolly
- James R. Bath
- George W. Bush
Banking affiliations
- BCCI
- Main Bank of Houston
- National Bank of Georgia
- Independence Bank of Encino
- CenTrust of Miami
- Bank of the Commonwealth
Oil industry
- Arbusto Energy, seed investor.
- Occidental Petroleum Company, shareholder.
Other
- Interedec Inc, Savannah-based U.S. holding company, established 1983
External links
- www.pharaon.com - defunct personal website