Prominent Lebanese 4 - Nicolas G. Hayek (born February 19, 1928 in Beirut, Leban

Nicolas Hayek is the co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Swatch Group. He was born to a Lebanese mother and Lebanese father, both from well-regarded Greek-Orthodox Lebanese families with deep roots in Lebanon's Northern Governorate of El-Koura. Hayek originally headed a business consulting firm who was called on by a group of Swiss bankers to oversee a liquidation of Swiss watch manufacturing firms ASUAG and SSIH, who were encountering hard competition from Japanese watch manufacturers. Hayek believed that the... [read full story]