The Head of the Coptic General Authority (CGA) Sherif Doss announced on his Facebook page the death of business tycoon Onsi Sawiris, age 91. Onsi was the head of Sawiris and the father to the billionaires Nassef Sawiris, Samih Sawiris, and Naguib Sawiris. The company was partially nationalized in 1961 and later completely, and Sawiris remained as its head for five years. Sawiris later immigrated to Libya in 1966 and worked there in constructions, before returning to Egypt in the mid-seventies. By 1976, he established the Orascom General Contracting and Trade company, which later became Orascom Construction Industries.
