Orascom Construction Industries or Orascom Construction Industries SAE (OCI) is a leading Egyptian EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contractor, based in Cairo, Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

 and active in more than 25 countries. OCI was established in Egypt in 1950 and owned by Onsi Sawiris

Onsi Sawiris

Onsi Sawiris is an Egyptian businessman. He was estimated to be worth approximatively $2.9 billion according to Forbes in 2011. He is the patriarchal head of the Sawiris Family...

. The company is the first multinational Egyptian corporation, and is one of the core Orascom Group

Orascom Group

The Orascom Group is an Egyptian conglomerate, established in 1976. The success of ventures within the Orascom Group as well as the other sectors of the company led to the management decision in 1997 to split Orascom into separate operating companies: Orascom Telecom Holding , Orascom Construction...

 companies.

The company's CEO, Nassef Sawiris

Nassef Sawiris

Nassef Onsi Sawiris is an Egyptian businessman and billionaire the youngest of the three sons of Onsi Sawiris, the other two being Naguib Sawiris and Samih Sawiris...

 holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...

  (AB '82).