In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Pharaon Group, the President of the Group and former Minister Michel Pharaon, along with the family and the Group companies organized an important celebration in Nejmeh Square – Downtown Beirut.
In this location few steps away from the house where the founders Mikhael and Rafael Pharaon were born and where the Bank of “Pharaon and Chiha” was located, the curtain of the Artistic Public Bench was unveiled, designed by Anastasia Nysten who is of Lebanese origin and who won the competition launched especially for this occasion under the symbol of History of the group and Space to Bringing us Together.
The celebration began with the Lebanese National Anthem followed by the exposition of the original “First Independence Flag” that was signed and adopted by seven deputies among which the family member Henry Pharaon who suggested the design back then.
At the end of the ceremony, a book entitled “150 Years… Entrepreneurship Spirit and Civic Engagement” was distributed, detailing the history of the family and the Group in Trading, Finance and Port Activities as well as Insurance activities which began 90 years, from its inception in 1868 to the present day.