Mansour Group — BrandWiki

The Mansour Group is an Egyptian multinational conglomerate, with operations across the globe. The company is the second largest company in Egypt by revenue.[2] It is the largest General Motors dealer in the world, and the fifth largest distributor of Caterpillar Inc. products globally. It also has contracts in Egypt to represent a range of international brands, including McDonald's, Chevrolet, Red Bull, UPS and Imperial Brands. It operates Egypt’s largest supermarket chain, Metro Markets, and the Kheir Zaman discount chain. The company also has a private investment firm, Man Capital, based in London.

The company reported 2016 revenues of US$6.0 Billion, with 60,000 employees and operations in 120 countries.

The company is privately held and managed by the Mansour brothers Mohamed, Youssef and Yasseen, who are board members.

History

Subsidiaries

Man Capital

Man Capital (a.k.a. 'Mancap'), the Mansour Group's private investment subsidiary, is based in London and is run by Loutfy Mansour, son of Mohamed Mansour.[10] The company consists of 10 employees across the US, Europe and Asia, and averages about 2 deals a year. Notable investments include marine logistics firm Vanguard (formerly OTS Logistics),[14][15] Millennium Offshore Services, which provides services to the offshore oil and gas industry and is now known as Seafox,[16] and Nigerian telecoms infrastructure provider IHS Towers.[1] The subsidiary was also an early investor in technology companies including Facebook, Twitter, Spotify and Uber.[11]

Manfoods

Manfoods owns McDonald's Egypt, and employs over 3,000 people.[17] Manfoods was founded in 1994 when McDonald's franchised their first restaurants in Egypt to the Mansour Group.[7]

Mansour Auto

Mansour Auto, also known as Al-Mansour Automotive, imports and sells General Motors (GM) automobiles, and is the sole distributor for MG Motor in Egypt. It is the largest GM dealership in the world.[3]

Mansour Financial

Mansour Financial, also known as Al-Mansour Holding Company for Financial Investments, manages the tobacco partnership with Imperial Brands.[6] The company also private labels consumer goods such as Sunshine Tuna, Labanita and Belhana dairy products and Hayat Natural drinking water.[18] Mansour Financial also runs the Metro Market and Kheir Zaman supermarket chains.[19]

Mantrac Group

Mantrac was created by the Mansour Group in 1977 as the sole authorised dealer for Caterpillar products in Egypt. The Group has since continued to expand globally and as of 2021 was active in more than 12 countries.[20]

MMID

MMID, formally known as El Mansour & El Maghraby Investment and Development Company, manages a diverse investment portfolio of financial institutions, industrial projects, real estate, information technology, telecom, tourism, and media and entertainment.[21] MMID is a major shareholder in Crédit Agricole Egypt,[22] and in Palm Hills Development, Egypt’s second largest real estate developer, which as of October 2015 was working on 14 projects covering 13 million square meters.[2]

ManSports

In 2021, the Mansour Group invested $120 million in a takeover of Right to Dream Academy and announced it was forming a new entity, ManSports.[23]

type	Private
location	Cairo, Egypt
foundation	1952‡R1R‡
founder	Loutfy Mansour
key people	Mohamed Mansour Yasseen Mansour Youssef Mansour
industry	Conglomerate
products	Energy, automotive, consumer durables, finance, retail, construction, tourism, shipping, defence, information technology, investment, food
revenue	US$6.0 Billion (2016)‡R2R‡
num employees	60,000‡R3R‡