| Salah Ezzedine | |
| Birth Place: | South Lebanon |
| Nationality: | Lebanese |
| Occupation: | Businessman |
Salah Ezzedine (born in 1962[1] in South Lebanon) is a Lebanese businessman who is accused of running a pyramid scheme. He had supposed investments in oil, publishing, metals and television, and his businesses spread out from the Gulf to Africa.[2] He was well known as a philanthropist.
Before the fraud scandal occurred, he was known for his generosity and had even built a stadium and a mosque for his hometown of Maaroub.[3]
In the ensuing debacle, financial downfall and declaring of his bankruptcy, Lebanese investors, mostly from the Shia community lost hundreds of million dollars. Amounts involved vary between $700 million to 1.2 billion dollars was lost by Lebanese investors[4] .[5]