Issam Hourani

Issam Hourani (Khourani) is chairman at Hourani Group. Born on June 13, 1967, he is a worldwide entrepreneur and multi-millionaire businessman from Lebanon.  Family Overview Issam is the eldest brother of his siblings Devincci, Hussam, and Hiam. His family is counted among the most dominant and esteemed names in Beirut. As a family, Hourani were not much involved with the political affairs but were regularly invited to events and public gatherings. Issam Hourani married Gulshat Aliyeva in 1996. It was during some business deal with Aliyeva’s father and where they met and things changed, all for good. He now is father of one beautiful daughter named Ayaa.  Business Overview In the early 1990s, his younger brother Hussam moved to Kazakhstan to study and earn a Master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering. Upon Issam and Devincci’s visit to Kazakhstan, the idea of investing in that country struck their mind as back in the time, Kazakhstan ...

Multi-millionaire Kensington businessman Issam Hourani wins £80,000 damages for defamation & harassment over the ‘sustained, highly sophisticated, cynical and calculated’ campaign. The campaign alleged that the Lebanese businessman was murderer of Anastasiya Novikova, a journalist who worked for NTK television in Kazakhstan. Issam Hourani , the well-known entrepreneur and businessman from Lebanon was alleged to be involved in the death of TV presenter Anastasiya Novikova. Ms. Novikova, 23, was found dead under mysterious circumstances on June 19, 2004. Mr. Hourani was wrongly linked with the death of this Russian TV Star and was alleged as her ‘murderer’. This caused ‘devastating’ effects to his personal and professional terms and greatly damaged his reputation. Hourani sued over the case; the case was brought in the London’s High Court where Mr. Hourani’s counsel, Heather Rogers QC was able reveal that the campaign was ‘designed’ to defame and harass Hourani...

Late Rakhat Aliyev, Issam Hourani’s brother-in-law was a dominant political figure in Kazakhstan. He was the son-in-law of Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Aliyev played a major role in the political discipline and proved himself to be worthy of becoming the president succeeding Nazarbayev. Howbeit, a dispute activated between Aliyev and Nazarbayev that took an ugly turn. All Aliyev’s family, friends, supporters were targeted, including Issam Hourani. Issam Hourani along with his family was forced to leave the country after the authority took over their assets.   Mr. Aliyev and President Nazarbayev’s quarrel led the Hourani Family to be a collateral damage and costed them their wealth in Kazakhstan.