Het is prettig om als LT-belegger multimiljardair Fares aan je kant te hebben. Als hij daar zin in heeft dan rookt hij die shorters er ook nog even uit. Geld is geen probleem. Hoeveel aandelen Bam zal hij er nog bijkopen op deze lage koers ?
Issam Michael Fares is a prominent Orthodox Christian Lebanese businessman, a former member of the Lebanese Parliament.
Career[edit]
In the general elections of 2000, Fares won the seat of Akkar, the first district of the North Lebanon.[1] He served as deputy prime minister of Lebanon from 2000 to 2005.[2] Prior to that his career spans four decades in the Persian Gulf, specifically Saudi Arabia, where he began with Abela Catering and then Ballast Needam. By the early 1970s Issam Fares was playing a key role in the infrastructure buildout of Saudi Arabia, including roads and housing.
The Fares Lecture Series, the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, both at Tufts University, and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut (AUB) are named after him. He operates the Houston, Texas based WEDGE Group.
WEDGE invests in a number of sectors. It understands thoroughly the competitive situation, technology and trends in demand for each of these, and has developed considerable expertise as a result. To maintain focus, to give each investment the time it deserves, WEDGE limits diversification.
CURRENT INVESTMENTS
WEDGE Energy Services
OceanWorks International
WEDGE International Tower
P&S Business Park
Yorktown Plaza
Sheraton Suites - Houston
Courtyard by Marriott - Shelton
Wyndham Hotel - Chelsea
Radisson Heritage Hotel - Chelmsford
Hilton Garden Inn Huntsville South / Redstone Arsenal — Huntsville, AL
Hilton Garden Inn Winston-Salem Hanes Mall — Winston-Salem, NC
Hampton Inn and Suites Athens I-65 — Athens, AL
Hilton Garden Inn Odessa — Odessa, TX