Antoine Choueiri dies aged 70
The man widely regarded as the founding father and chief architect of the Middle East’s modern media industry, has died following a long battle with cancer.
March 9, 2010 2:45 by Siobhan Adams
Antoine Choueiri, the man widely regarded as the founding father and chief architect of the Middle East’s modern media industry, has died following a long battle with cancer.
He passed away on 9 March in his native Beirut.
As founder and chairman of the Choueiri Group, the Middle East’s largest media broker, he was a modern day Colossus who, for nearly half a century, straddled the region’s media and advertising sectors.
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May his soul rest in peace and may his family find solace in knowing how influential their father and grandfather was in shaping the advertising/media landscape in the Middle East.
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