Ghassan Aboud

Ghassan Aboud Group has invested in the pastoral business in Australia with land holding of 35,000 hectares with a carrying capacity of 2,500 breeders. The milk and meat produced will be supplied to customers and also for GAG’s hospitality business.

In 2018, Ghassan Aboud was named in the list of Top 50 Most Influential Expats in the UAE by Forbes Middle East.

In October 2018, Ghassan Aboud Group was appointed as a distributor for export markets by HPCL Middle East FZCO, subsidiary of Indian public sector petroleum company, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL). Ghassan Aboud Group markets HPCL’s products like auto lubricants, industrial lubricants, asphalt, and solvents in the Middle East region.

It ranked 27th in the UAE's Top 50 Private Companies by Forbes Middle East in its December 2018 publication

In 2018, he was named Leading International Hospitality Investor for his investments into Crystalbrook Collection, Australia.

Orient Training Center was launched in 2018 as a specialized training center based in Dubai, Istanbul & Amman, providing short-term courses in media and production fields such as TV presenting, radio anchoring, journalism, documentary, directing etc. in a real T.V and production house environment.

In December 2018, Grandiose Catering was awarded the “Catering Company of the Year” at the 2018 Leaders in F & B Awards held in Dubai.

Established in 2017, Grandiose is a retail brand with a chain of niche supermarkets and catering outlets in UAE. There are five outlets in Dubai and Abu Dubai with plans to open 20 more stores in the near future. Grandiose Catering is a specialized catering division providing catering solutions for retail, corporate and outdoor catering needs.

Established in 2017,Gallega Global Logistics provides End-to-End logistics solutions to 3PL customers in the UAE and the region. In May 2018,a 275,000 square metres logistics facility was established in Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD), Abu Dhabi to cater as a full-scale automotive logistics facility with vehicle storage yard, warehouses, workshops, offices, body shop and PDI facility.

Ghassan Aboud established the Crystalbrook Collection, as an in-house hospitality management company in 2016 through acquisitions of hotel properties in Australia. Headquartered in Dubai, UAE, almost $600 million has been made to date for the acquisitions and development of hospitality assets in Australia. It has three 5 star hotel projects - Riley, a Crystalbrook Collection Resort, Bailey, a Crystalbrook Collection Hotel and Flynn, a Crystalbrook Collection Hotel scheduled for completion by 2019, along with Crystalbrook Lodge, Little Albion guest house in Sydney, Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina and a 90 foot vessel anchored in Port Douglas, Queensland named MV Bahama..

In 2015, he received the Global Gift Foundation’s Philanthropreneur Award in recognition of his humanitarian work.

Ghassan Aboud established Orient for Human Relief in 2012 to provide medical, educational, and social services to the millions of Syrians that have been displaced or injured in the Syrian conflict. The organization receives doctors from international organizations such as the Syrian American Medical Society, USAID, and Hand in Hand International from the United Kingdom.

Established in 2008, Live Point Art produces news, socio-political, current events programs with a focus on the Arab region. They supply the programs to both foreign and Arabic channels. The programs include news reports, various broadcasts, studio and live window services along with entertainment programs like drama and film production, TV shows, dubbing, subtitling and distribution. Headquartered in Dubai - United Arab Emirates, it has branches in both Jordan and Istanbul.

In 2008, he established Orient News, a satellite channel based out of UAE. Orient TV broadcasts news, current affairs and general entertainment programmes to the GCC, Levant, and parts of North Africa. Known for its objective coverage, the channel offers a mix of programs that include current affairs, news, culture, and entertainment.

The Ghassan Aboud Group (GAG) is an international conglomerate operating in industries such as automotive, logistics, media, hospitality, real estate, retail and also bespoke catering. Established in 1994 and headquartered in the United Arab Emirates for about 25 years, GAG’s business operations are complemented by offices in Australia, Belgium, China, Jordan and Turkey.

The automotive business was established in 1994 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It started as a trading business dealing in vehicles, spare parts and accessories, the company now deals with passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, heavy trucks& equipment, spare parts, lubricants & accessories and offers multi-country trade, with inbound and outbound logistics, storage, value addition, transportation, and documentation.

He moved to the United Arab Emirates in October 1992 where he first worked in the public relations field before founding the Ghassan Aboud Group in the year 1994.

Muhammed Ghassan Aboud (Arabic: غسان عبود ‎; born 1967) is a Dubai based Syrian entrepreneur, philanthropist and a founding member of the Syrian Business Council. He is mainly known as the founder of Ghassan Aboud Group, the UAE headquartered conglomerate. In 2018, Ghassan Aboud was named in the list of Top 50 Most Influential Expats in the UAE by Forbes Middle East. in 2019, purchased the Byron @ Byron Resort from Gerry Harvey for approximately $42M AUD.

Muhammed Ghassan Aboud was born on August 4, 1967 in the city of Idlib in northern Syria. He is married to Nahed Nebhan and has five children. He completed his Bachelors in Literature with a Major in Journalism from Damascus University,Syria.