10 Richest People of Pakistan
By siliconindia
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Saturday, 05 November 2011, 00:06 IST
Nasir Schon
Nasir Schon is worth $1 billion and is a businessman. He is Head of Schon Group. Owner of Dubai Lagoon, UAE., Nasir Schon is the son of Captain Ather Schon Hussain, an ex-pilot of PIA. The Schon family is one of the few striving Muhajir Urdu business families in Pakistan.
Starting off in Singapore in 1982, the peek of Schon group was in 1995 when they owned National Fibres, Schon Bank, Schon Textiles and Pak-China Fertilizers. Nasir Schon is also known to be one of the first people to have a Rolls-Royce in Pakistan. Living in Dubai gave Nasir Schon an opportunity to start businesses there. Currently, the Schon group operates a pilot training center in Pakistan known as Schon Air.