Zahi Khouri to be 2015 Oslo Business for Peace Honouree

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posted on: Apr 28, 2015

The Business for Peace Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Oslo Business for Peace Award, given annually to exceptional global business leaders who exemplify the Foundation’s concept of being businessworthy by ethically creating economic value that also creates value for society. Honourees are selected by an independent committee of Nobel Prize winners in Peace and in Economics after a global nomination process through its partners International Chamber of Commerce, UN Global Compact and UNDP.

Zahi Khouri, Palestine: Khouri and his family escaped the war of 1948, moving to Lebanon with only what they could carry. During his many years outside of Palestine, Khouri held his homeland close to his heart. After the signing of the 1993 Oslo Accords, he and a group of diaspora business leaders undertook the challenge to build the economy of the promised Palestinian state. Along with his colleagues, Khouri raised millions of dollars, then returned to Palestine to establish Padico Holding and the Paltel telecommunications company. In 1995, with Palestinian partners, Khouri launched the Palestinian National Beverage Company, which produces and sells Coca-Cola products in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The company also employs hundreds of Palestinians. Khouri established and funded the Zahi Khouri Fellowship Program, providing Palestinian American students and graduates the experience of professional development in Palestine in the fields of education, youth/female empowerment, and economic development.

About the Business for Peace Award

The mission of Business for Peace is to support, inspire, and recognize the global business leaders who are positively changing the face of business.

At the center of the Foundation’s efforts is the annual Business for Peace Award. Each year, recipients are selected by an independent committee of Nobel Prize winners in Peace and Economics in closed door meetings, and the Award is conferred annually to the exceptional individuals who exemplify the Foundation’s concept of being businessworthy: ethically creating economic value that also creates value for society. Past honourees have hailed from The Americas, Asia, Africa, and beyond, and represent leaders of industries as diverse as the head of a multinational baking enterprise in Mexico to the CFO of the world’s largest hydropower station in Brazil.

Winners of the 2015 Business for Peace Award will be revealed in the coming weeks, and recipients will be celebrated in a public ceremony in Oslo on May 6^th, with details forthcoming. In the meantime, we welcome you to read more about our selection criteria, the Business for Peace Award committee, and the remarkable leaders who are previous recipients of the Business For Peace award.

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