Nayla Hayek
Born1951 (age 72–73)
OccupationBusinesswoman
TitleChair, The Swatch Group
CEO, Harry Winston, Inc.
SpouseRoland Weber (divorced)
Children1
Parent
RelativesNick Hayek Jr. (brother)

Nayla Hayek (born 1951) is a Swiss heiress, businesswoman and horse breeder.[1] She is the chair of The Swatch Group and CEO of its subsidiary, the jeweler Harry Winston.

Early life

Hayek is the daughter of Lebanese-born Swiss businessman Nicolas Hayek, the late founder of The Swatch Group.[2] She has a younger brother, Nick Hayek Jr.

The Swatch Group

Hayek joined the board of The Swatch Group in 1995 and became its chair in 2010, after her father's death.[1]

Hayek became the CEO of Harry Winston, Inc. in May 2013, a few months after The Swatch Group acquired the company.[3] The company bought the world's largest flawless blue diamond The Winston Blue in May 2014.[4]

Horse breeding

Hayek stated that her passion for horses started when she was a child and worked to buy a pony.[5] Since then, she became an international Arabian horse judge[6] and owns over 60 purebred Arabian horses.[7]

Hayek's activity as a horse breeder and expert in Egyptian horses helps the group build and maintain contacts with the Middle East.[8]

Personal

She was married to Alemannic Swiss industrialist Roland Weber and eventually divorced. She and her ex-husband have a son, Dr. Marc Alexander Hayek, who is now on the executive group management board of the Swatch Group, taking charge of Blancpain, Breguet, Glashutte, Jaquet Droz, and Swatch Group Central and South America.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Swatch Taps Founder's Daughter to Lead Board". WSJ. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Nayla Hayek". Fortune. 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  3. ↑ "It's Official, Nayla Hayek Becomes CEO Of Harry Winston". Forbes. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Harry Winston Renames World's Largest Flawless Vivid Blue Diamond, 'The Winston Blue'". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
  5. ↑ "Rencontre - Nayla Hayek" (in French). 13 May 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "100 Most Powerful Arab Women 2012 : Nayla Hayek". Arabian Business. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Interview Nayla Hayek" (in French). L'illustré. 28 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "Nayla Hayek: Shared horse hobby helps Swatch 'palace business'". Financial Times. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  9. ↑ Marc Alexander Hayek
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