Suhail Bahwan
Suhail Bahwan is an Omani billionaire businessman.
Bahwan began as a small-scale trader in Sur, with one dhow, inherited from his father, doing business between Oman and India. In 1965, he moved to the capital, Muscat and opened a shop in the Muttrah Souq with his brother Saud, named Suhail & Saud Bahwan, initially they traded in construction equipment and fishing nets. In 1968, he obtained the local license for Seiko, and then one for Toyota.
The Suhail Bahwan Group is now the largest privately owned business in Oman, with diverse business interests including fertilizers, healthcare, construction and automobiles.
In 2002, he split with his brother, the Suhail Saud Bahwan was divided into two groups.
In 2016, Bahwan passed much of the responsibility for running the Suhail Bahwan Group to Amal Bahwan, his sixth child, and second-eldest daughter.
Bahwan is married, with 15 children, and lives in Muscat, Oman.
In September 2017, Bahwan won the Sheikh Issa bin Ali al Khalifa Award for voluntary work by the Arab League.
