Bashar Masri

Bashar Masri (Arabic: بشار مصري‎) is a Palestinian American entrepreneur, born in Nablus, Palestinian territories in 1961 and raised there, educated in Egypt and the United States. Trained in chemical engineering and with a background in management consulting, Bashar moved back to Ramallah from the Washington, D.C. area in the mid-1990s, establishing himself in Ramallah. He was the founder and first publisher of the Palestinian daily newspaper Al-Ayyam. A successful businessman, Bashar is CEO of Massar International, which engages in a variety of business activities across the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe.

Bashar is the founder and managing director of Bayti Real Estate Investment Company. Bayti, jointly-owned by Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company and Massar International, was created to build Rawabi, the first Palestinian planned city and the cornerstone of a new, modern, viable Palestinian society. This ambitious undertaking is the largest project and by far the largest private sector investment in Palestine's history.