Rodolphe Saade

Rodolphe Saadé, who was born in Lebanon in 1970, has extensive worldwide experience. He created a water cooler firm after graduating from Concordia University in Montreal with a degree in commerce and marketing before joining the CMA CGM Group in 1994, overseen by his father, Jacques Saadé. Rodolphe Saadé worked in New York and Hong Kong before transferring to the Marseille headquarters. He effectively led many shipping companies between 1997 and 2000 before taking over the Transatlantic and Transpacific lines. He was named Executive Officer in charge of building regular lines on the North/South axis in 2004, and in 2006, he oversaw DELMAS' line growth in Africa and the Indian Ocean, transforming the subsidiary into a lucrative and efficient operation.

In 2010, Rodolphe Saadé was appointed Vice Chairman and a member of the CMA CGM Group's Board of Directors, and he led the Group's financial reorganization. He acquired Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), a container transportation firm located in Singapore, in 2015. In 2019, CMA CGM completed a public tender bid for CEVA Logistics and started its air freight segment, CMA CGM Air Cargo, in 2021.

Net worth: $41 billion

Country: France