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Desnos T. Yed

Desnos Toussaint Yed
Born 1968 (age 49–50)
Ivory Coast
Residence  Ivory Coast  South Africa
Nationality  Ivory Coast
Occupation Business Magnate, Real Estate Mogul and Philanthropist
Home town Sikensi Province, Ivory Coast
Spouse(s) Mrs Elize YED

Desnos Toussaint Yed (born 1 November 1968) is an Ivorian businessman, art collector and philanthropist with interests in Properties, Mining and Agri-Business sectors. He founded YEDCOR International in 1999 and is currently the Chairman and CEO of the Conglomerate. Yed relocated Yedcor head offices from Ivory Coast to Johannesburg in South Africa after political instability in the Ivory Coast in 2000.

Yed was born in Becede, a small village in the southern Ivorian department of Sikensi. He was the third child in a family of five children born to Atenou Yed Andre and Adele Assa Yed. His father was a teacher and later became a professor. Yed displayed a strong entrepreneurial spirit from a very early age.

Yed began his education in Abidjan and Daloa in west central Cote d’Ivoire, where his father had been transferred for five years. At age of 14, Yed returned to Abidjan after a difficult stint in primary school.

In 1988 Yed graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from a French university. While as a student in France, Yed was running a thriving games arcade and working as a waiter on the Côte d’Azur during the holidays. It was during this time Yed was inspired to become a philanthropist and earned the nickname sobriquet.

After his studies, Yed moved back to Côte d'Ivoire in 1995 after a 10-year stint in France. He founded his first business Imtradex & Partners in 1996, the company exporting tropical fruits to Europe. In 1996 Yed launched Yedcor International, a conglomerate comprising six companies, namely Yedcor Consulting, Yedcor Aviation, Geb& Nut, Yedcor Construction, E-Gazaar and AfriGalleries.

Desnos is married to Elize Versie a former South African model. Yed met Elize Versie in 1996 during a brief stop-over in Cairo on a business trip on his way to the Philippines. Desnos and Elize have three sons together.


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