Also, Taha Mikati co-founded M1 Group, a holding company led by his son Azmi, a Columbia University engineering graduate. The M1 Group has a great variety investments in various industries including real estate, jet leasing, fashion; holding shares in notable companies like the classy fashion line Faconnable, the largest Lebanon’s bank Audi or UK’s supermarket chain J Sainsbury. Reportedly, the Mikatis hired British architect Norman Foster to redesign their headquarters in the country’s capital Beirut.