Suhail Bahwan
Suhail Bahwan is an Omani billionaire businessman. Bahwan began as a small-scale trader in Sur, with one dhow, inherited from his father, doing business between Oman and India. In 1965, he moved to the capital, Muscat and opened a shop in the souq.
- Suhail Bahwan is the founder and chairman of Suhail Bahwan Group, one of the largest conglomerates in Oman.
- It is a major producer of fertilizers, generating 1.3 million tons of urea annually. It also owns Nissan and BWM dealerships.
- He first went into business with his brother Saud in 1965, selling fishing nets and building materials, before scoring the Toyota dealership in 1975.
- In 2002, he split with his brother, who kept the Toyota dealership and passed it along after his death to his son Mohammed.