Bashar Masri

Bashar Al Masri, known in the West as Bashar Masri, is a Palestinian and American dual citizen and a businessman who is the founder and chairman of Massar International since its establishment in 1994. He is the founder of Rawabi, the West Bank's first planned city, and the founder and the CEO of Bayti Real Estate Investment Company that built the city. He founded and manages the first Palestinian equity fund, a $90 million investment initiative known as "Siraj Fund". He is on the list of the "Top Ten Richest People of Palestine in 2016." Masri was named by the World Economic Forum as a Global Leader of Tomorrow and ranked among the World's 50 Greatest Leaders in 2018 by Fortune magazine.