Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Karim El Chiaty is successful businessman and multi-millionaire from Egypt.
- Smart, savvy and very private, Karim very different from his model wife who is used to being in the spotlight professionally and personally.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Karim is the son of business mogul and multi-millionaire entrepreneur, Hamed El Chiaty who is the owner of tourism and travel giant, Travco Group. The Chiatys are not very open about their personal lives and not much has been disclosed about Karim’s upbringing or his other family members.
- After dating for about 3 years, Karim took supermodel and Victoria’s Secret angel, Ana Beatriz Barros on a vacation to Trancoso in Brazil to celebrate the New Year’s holiday. During the beach, he decided to propose to her while they were at the beach. He hid the engagement ring in a Frescobol bag.
- Karim and Ana married in beach wedding in July 2016 in front of elite guests, family and friends. Their sophisticated yet relaxed wedding was much discussed by Ana’s followers on her social media accounts as well as various online publications and media outlets excited to see the pairing of such a power couple.
Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :
- As mentioned previously, Karim’s father is the owner of Travco Group, a big name tourism and travel company. Travco is very influential in the Middle East so much so that they now operate and co-own Air Arabia Egypt.
- For his part, Karim is Travco Group’s Non-Executive Director and he works alongside his father and several other business partners.
- After working at Travco Group for a few years, Karim branched off and founded the Travco Properties which is the real estate investment and development extension of the Travco Group. Travco Properties is one of multiple subsidiaries that the company has and Chiaty has played an instrumental role in laying its overall structure and strategy as a company.
- As CEO of the company, Karim’s first project, Almaza Bay, has been met with a lot of success and has paved the way for other projects in the developmental pipeline.
- In addition to being CEO and founder of Travco Properties, Karim is also a board member of various organizations that include Hard Rock Café Egypt, Travco Group International Holding and Deutsche Hospitality AG.
- As a board member of Travco Group International Holding, Karim plays an influential role in diversifying the portfolio of the company which is always expanding and building stronger strategies, something he has accomplished as the head of Business Development within the corporation.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- During Karim’s wedding to his model bride, Ana, their guests decided to cover the ceremony by creating a hashtag on Twitter (now called X), #anabandkarim. Through this hashtag, they were able to share several pictures of the wedding and included snaps of the bridesmaid party which comprised of Ana’s close friends and colleagues including fellow supermodel and Victoria’s Secret Angel, Alessandra Ambrosio.