Fayad


Fayad or Fayadh
Being Qahtani -Kahlani, the Fayad family is originally from what is today Yemen. The Fayad family generated from the members of the Tayy tribe and its Jadila branch. Some of the members of this branch converted to Christianity in the late 6th century and migrated to what is today Syria where they allied with the Ghassanid tribe who are also Qahtani -Kahlani – but members of the Azd tribe – and also converted mostly to Christianity. During the Byzantin era, like all the Christian families, the Fayad family has been moved to Izra in Hauran. Other members of the Jadila branch, members of the Banu Lam sub-branch, later converted to Islam and migrated to what are today Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran as well as Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Palestine and later to Lebanon.
The contemporary history of the family, however, starts with a Greek-Orthodox priest, Father Hanna Fayad, known as Father Sophronius. In the 16th century, one of his son, Chehadeh, and his family moved in Byblos. Since the 17th century, the family has branches in Beirut, in Akkar and in Koura, and also in Homs. The Fayad family is one of the seven founding families of the contemporary Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, along with the Trad, Tuéni, Gebeily, Dagher, Saba and Bustros families. Following the independence of Lebanon, Boulos Fayad became one of its main ministers, being in charge of the following portfolios: justice, economy, agriculture and health. His nickname was “patriarch of the Greek-Orthodox”. His son, Halim Fayad, later became governor of South-Lebanon and then deputy head of the municipality of Beirut. There have been also other members of the Fayad family who became ministers such as Elias Fayad and Nicolas Fayad.
A large portion of the Fayad family is Christian Maronite. The Fayad family is also one of the two prominent families of Baabda, the capital of Mount-Lebanon. The Hélou family moved from Bécharé to Byblos and then to Kesrwan, Aley, Baabda and Jezzine while some moved from Byblos to Machta in Syria and then to Beirut and Tripoli. Other families of Baabda are Khoury, Asmar, Abi Rashed, Malat, Abou Khalil, Rahal, Saab and Maatouk. The Fayad family settled in Baabda at the end of the 18th century and are Christian Maronites. The Lebanese presidency palace is in Baabda. Fayadiyeh, “Fayad’s village”, is part of the municipality of Baabda. The Lebanese military academy is in Fayadiyeh. On October 3, 1918, Habib Saleh Fayad, head of the municipality of Baabda, became the first Head of the State of Mount-Lebanon after the end of the Ottoman rule. Later, Joseph Fayad was also the head of the municipality of Baabda.
In 1981, at the request of Bachir Gemayel who became President of Lebanon – because of the war, the members of the Lebanese Parliament met in the Lebanese Military Academy in Fayadiyeh, rather than in the Parliament Building in Beirut, to elect him –, Najib Fayad, originally from Baabda, was appointed as head of the Gamma Group to transform it into the first Lebanese think-tank including specialists, academics and intellectuals. The Gamma Group planned the building of a modern and strong state in all of its sectors. It was like a “shadow government” composed of eighteen branches equivalent to eighteen ministries. The Gamma Group is behind the launching of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation in 1985, one of the current most popular MENA TV channels.
The wealth of this aristocratic family originally comes from the silk industry and the agriculture.
Kamal Fayad’s investment fund, private equity fund and hedge fund, KAF Investments, is active in equity derivative products on various stock exchanges and in other diverse business areas, such as single-stock trading, corporate derivatives, mergers and acquisitions, stock financing, capital guarantees and baskets of stocks. Kamal Fayad is originally from Baabda. His hedge fund uses statistical arbitrage and event-driven strategies. KAF Investments is also investing in the digital market as well as in several industrial sectors. In Lebanon, KAF Investments owns KAF Contemporary Art Gallery, KAF Real Estate and Brains Brewery.
Some members of the Fayad family moved to Mexico, the United States, Canada, Argentine, Colombia, France and the United Kingdom. There are mostly Christians, either Greek-Orthodox or Maronites.
The Fayad family has been the partner of France for trading and exporting its products as well as developing business development and strategies in the emerging countries. A book about it: – Ces Marseillais venus d’Orient. L’immigration libanaise à Marseille aux XIXe et XXe siècles, Liliane Rada Nasser. Najib Fayad got the “Prix de l’Audace créatrice” in 2005 from French President Jacques Chirac for his creativity in developing business, accessing new world markets, launching innovative toys, improving economic results and profitability, and creating new jobs.
Some members of the Fayad family in Lebanon are Shias and Druzes. In other countries of the Middle East, the members of the Fayad family are mostly Sunnis, Shias, Druzes and Alawites.
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