Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch

Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch is a Moroccan businesswoman born in Casablanca, the daughter of Boulajoul Idrissi, a Berber family,[1] from the small village of Aguerd-Oudad, Tafraout. She is the founder and CEO of the Aksal-Morocco Mall Group, and the wife of Aziz Akhannouch, a wealthy businessman who has been Morocco's Minister of Agriculture since 2007 and who is also president of a Royalist political party.[2]

Salwa Idrissi inherited a fortune from her grandfather, Haj Ahmed Benlafkih, a businessman who dominated Moroccan trade in the 1960s. The Aksal group owns 50% of the Morocco Mall, the second largest shopping center in Africa, built at a cost of more than 240 million dollars in 2007. Aksal also owns the sole franchise rights for several leading brands in Morocco, including Zara, Banana Republic, Pull & Bear and Gap.[3][4] She is the creator and owner of cosmetics brand Yan & One.[5] Salwa Idrissi was named in Forbes Middle East magazine's 2020 “Women Behind Middle Eastern Brands” list, one of only two Moroccan women to feature.[6]

References
  1. "سلوى أخنوش تحتفل بأصولها الأمازيغية التافراوتية من خلال "يان آند وان"". Almaghrib Today. December 8, 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  2. https://www.forbes.com/profile/aziz-akhannouch/#7f8872c624d8
  3. "Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch is One of the 500 People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry in 2017". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  4. Mfonobong Nsehe, Ten African Multimillionaires You've Never Heard Of, Forbes.com, 24 April 2013.
  5. "Salwa Idrissi Akhanouch to Launch Beauty Product Brand, 'YAN & ONE,' in Morocco Mall". Morocco World News. Oct 3, 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  6. https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2020/08/313866/forbes-middle-east-features-2-moroccan-businesswomen-in-best-brands-list/

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