Antoine Choueiri
| Antoine Choueiri | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 3, 1939 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Died | March 9, 2010 (aged 70) Lebanon |
| Nationality |
 Lebanon
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| Occupation | Businessman, CEO, Mass Media owner |
| Net worth | US$1 Billion (2010) |
| Spouse(s) | Rose Salameh (1961-2010) |
| Children | Lena and Pierre |
Antoine Choueiri (August 3, 1939 – March 9, 2010) was a Lebanese media executive. He was the founder of Choueiri Group, the Middle East’s largest media broker. He was born in Beirut in 1939 to a Maronite Christian family from Bcharre and married his wife Rose Salameh in 1961 who gave birth to two children. He died on March 9, 2010 of health complications, he is buried in his ancestral home of Bcharre in his honor one of Bcharre's main streets will be named "Antoine Choueiri" in homage to him and his achievements.
At the height of its powers, the company that he founded, the Choueiri Group, controlled (through his Choueiri's companies: Arabian Media Services International, MEMS, Arabian Outdoor, Times International, Audio Visual Media, C Media, Press Media, Digital Media Services, Interadio, Promofair, AMC and SECOMM) the flow of advertising for the following enterprises:
Cinescape Cinescape manages all cinema halls in Kuwait.
Antoine Choueiry is known as the godfather of Lebanese Basketball because of his heavy investment in the game mostly through his beloved Sagesse Beirut whose phenomenal domination of the newly re-formed Lebanese league and the pan-Arab and FIBA Asian championships took the game to a whole new level which also contributed in the rise of the Lebanese national basketball team.
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