Billionaire Diamond Owner & 4th Generation Co-Guardian
Three brothers who couldn't work for their father built a new model. Fred Mouawad on governing as co-guardians while managers run the business.
Fred Mouawad
Fourth-generation co-guardian of Mouawad; founder of Synergia One
On the show
The Business Family Diagnostic · Governance
Brothers govern. Managers execute.
The Mouawad brothers chose a model where no brother runs a division, so nobody is blamed for a missed target. Does your family have an agreed way to make decisions that affect everyone?
“When family members disagree about the family enterprise or the wealth, there is an agreed way to settle it.”
Biography
Fred Mouawad is a global citizen, portfolio entrepreneur, and fourth generation Co-Guardian of Mouawad, the family jewelry business. He formed Synergia One, an entity that groups all the companies he founded and oversees with the goal of exploiting synergies across the portfolio.
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