About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 199. Not illustrated. Chapters: Steve Bracks, Marie Bashir, Jacques Nasser, Joe Hachem, Lebanese Australian, Nicholas Shehadie, Hazem El Masri, David Malouf, Robbie Farah, Benny Elias, Tony Mokbel, Bilal Skaf, Ahmad Elrich, John Ibrahim, Bob Katter, Sr., Keysar Trad, Paul Nakad, Feiz Mohammad, Abbas Saad, Ron Bakir, Daryl Melham, Iktimal Hage-Ali, Joe Hasham, Eddie Scarf, Tim Mannah, Max Basheer, John Symond, George Ndaira, Reece Robinson, Sabrina Houssami, Tarek Elrich, Bachar Houli, Michael Towke, Ghassan Hage, Marlene Kairouz, Doris Younane, Anthony Alexander Alam, Barbara Perry, Roger Rasheed, Michael Reda, Milham Hanna, Firass Dirani, Fehmi Naji, Jai Ayoub, Frank Samia, Bilal Khazal, Danny Chiha, Nazih Elasmar, Rob Shehadie, Matthew Abood, Jon Mannah, Cesar Melhem. Excerpt: Jacques Nasser (born 12 December 1947) in Amyoun, Lebanon; is an Australian business executive, well known for his time as CEO of Ford Motor Company, serving from 1998 until 2001. He was nominated as Chairman of BHP Billiton, the World's largest mining company, on the 4th of August 2009, effective early 2010. Nasser is also Managing Director of One Equity Partners, the private equity arm of JPMorgan Chase. Mr. Nasser has received a Doctorate of Technology honoris causa and graduated in Business from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. In recognition of his work for industry, as an adviser to government, and for education in the area of technology, he was awarded an Order of Australia and a Centenary Medal. Mr. Nasser was also awarded the Order of the Cedar from Lebanon and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. At age 20, Nasser joined Ford in 1968 as an analyst in its Australian unit. He moved rapidly up its management ranks. In 1973, he joined the company's global financial staff, transferring to Ford's North American Truck Operations. He returned to Austr...