The Most Famous
BUSINESSPEOPLE from Iraq
This page contains a list of the greatest Iraqi Businesspeople. The pantheon dataset contains 847 Businesspeople, 2 of which were born in Iraq. This makes Iraq the birth place of the 51st most number of Businesspeople behind Luxembourg, and Iceland.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Iraqi Businesspeople of all time. This list of famous Iraqi Businesspeople is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Charles Saatchi (b. 1943)
With an HPI of 50.25, Charles Saatchi is the most famous Iraqi Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Charles Saatchi ( SAH-chee; Arabic: تشارلز ساعتجي, romanized: Tšārliz Sā‘atjī; born 9 June 1943) is an Iraqi-British businessman and the co-founder, with his brother Maurice, of advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi. The brothers led the business, the world's largest advertising agency in the 1980s, until they left the agency in 1995. In the same year, the brothers formed a new agency called M&C Saatchi. Saatchi is also known for his art collection and for owning Saatchi Gallery, and in particular for his sponsorship of the Young British Artists (YBAs), including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin.
2. Dadvan Yousuf (b. 2000)
With an HPI of 25.73, Dadvan Yousuf is the 2nd most famous Iraqi Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Dadvan Ismat Yousuf Yousuf (born April 9, 2000) is an Iraqi cryptocurrency investor and businessman whose early bitcoin investments made him a millionaire. Yousuf and his companies have been the subject of a number of investigations into financial impropriety.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Iraqi businesspeople born between 1943 and 2000. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Iraqi businesspeople include Charles Saatchi, and Dadvan Yousuf. As of April 2024, 1 new Iraqi businesspeople have been added to Pantheon including Dadvan Yousuf.
