# Mohamed Taymour

> Mohamed Taymour is a startup investor at Pharos Holding (Cairo). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pharos Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pharos-holding)
- Location: Cairo, Egypt
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamedtaymour

Mohamed Taymour is a startup investor at Pharos Holding in Cairo. Mohamed Taymour founded Pharos Holding in 2005 to provide financial advisory and private equity services. He brought to the firm his long and varied experience from EFG Hermes, which he co-founded and Chaired from inception until he left the firm in 2005. Drawing on his more than 40 years of progressive professional experience in corporate banking,direct investments, private equity, M&A transactions, investment banking and market research, Dr. Taymour has led Pharos Holding to its current status as a full-fledged Egyptian investment bank.Mohamed Taymour died in April 2017 at the age of 75.

## About Pharos Holding

VC Fund · Cairo, Egypt

Pharos Holding is an investment bank headquartered in Cairo that provides investment banking, asset management, securities brokerage, and bookkeeping services.Pharos Holding is chaired by late Dr.Mohamed Taymour, a veteran of the regional financial industry, and employs a team of exceptionally talented, highly educated and qualifiedprofessionals, with proven track records for excellence in local and regional markets.

4 contacts available at Pharos Holding.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Elwy Taymour | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elwy-taymour |
| Mohamed Taymour | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohamed-taymour |
| Sherif Abdel Aal | Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sherif-abdel-aal |
| Angus Blair | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angus-blair |

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