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Sheikh Hussein Ali Reza

Sheikh Hussein Ali Reza

Hussein's family descends from a professional trade family which produced number of significant traders over years, not for the Kingdom only, but also at the global level, its members fills some of their important positions in the business world.

Since the birth of Haji Hussein Ali Reza in 1930 at Jeddah for a Hijazih family that has long her social weight, it was possible to predict in advance what will be his life. He joined the primary and middle schools in Jeddah then travel to complete his secondary education at Victoria College in Alexandria, a college which was frequented by the elite in Arab countries at that time.

Then he directs his face towards the United States for joining the university, for collecting scientific expertise, so he received bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Economics from Berkeley University, and here was able to gather the family business privilege that brings commercial glory from both ends by granting profession through inheritance in one hand, and investing his scientific expertise he earned in the other hand to employ it in the service of his legacy career.

When he; the enthusiast young returned back to the home, he found in front him the family company where he practiced which he gained from the experience of scientific practice, and was able to develop it and achieve great success by continuing trade on the global level through its cooperation with several companies in transportation field, taking advantage of the boom economic boom phase, which was experienced by the country at that time.

The history of the company back to the beginning of last century, where Hajj Hussein Ali Reza (grandfather) founded it in 1906, and proved that he can do what is most difficult of success itself, which is maintaining that success achieved by family’s Co. in conditions and variables of domestic and global markets. So, company continued its success and soon developed on his hands in a short period to become the first national company that assembles cars in the Kingdom based on local workforce.

In spite of the limited work in recent years in two main fields ; cars, and computers & information systems through «NatCom» Company subordinate to the parent company, «although the company has maintained its old success and development.

If the skill and wisdom which characterize the leaders of commerce are two traits do not inherit as profession, but Hussein Ali Reza proved that he have them when he attracted other companies and international agencies to participate in building the infrastructure of the Kingdom, and when he was able, through his companies, to develop the private sector to be a partner in nation building, and his wisdom reflected in particular on his consultations and guidance that was provided for businessmen specially private junior of them.

His work does not confine the family Company only, but he held several positions through which he add to his experience, he held a position of Board member of Saudi Airlines at its founding, also he was the founding member of Saudi American Bank, and a Board Member of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Despite what is known for Hajj Hussein Ali Reza such as generous and goodness on the humanitarian level through his support of charities and teaching the Koran associations, but he has been away from the lights and the media.

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