Paul Salem is a Lebanese-American businessman and the former Chairman and CEO of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN). He is also the founder and Chairman of the Lebanese American University (LAU) and a member of the Board of Directors of several other companies and organizations. Paul Salem’s net worth is estimated to be around $1 billion.
Salem was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1948. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the American University of Beirut and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. After working for several years in the banking industry, he joined MBN in 1983. He became CEO of the company in 1990 and Chairman in 1994.