T anya Saadé Zeenny is a French-Lebanese billionaire and a key executive in her family's global shipping and logistics empire, CMA CGM. She is the daughter of the company's late, legendary founder, Jacques Saadé, and the sister of the group's current chairman and CEO, Rodolphe Saadé. Her father founded the company in 1978 and built it into the world's third-largest container shipping line.
Tanya joined the family business and has held a series of important leadership roles. She serves as the Executive Vice President of the CMA CGM Group, with responsibility for areas such as administration, human resources, and corporate communications. She is also the CEO of the CMA CGM Foundation, the family's philanthropic arm. Along with her brother Rodolphe and her sister and mother, she is a principal owner of the privately held shipping and logistics giant, a stake that forms the basis of her immense fortune.
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