Fayssal Nicolas Abou is a Lebanese entrepreneur and industrialist born in Zahlé, Lebanon, in 1963.

Upon graduating from the Lebanese University’s faculty of Law, he founded Gardenia Grain D’Or in 1989. In 2014, Abou Fayssal established Gardenia Lebanese Farms in Tavush, Armenia, to cultivate pecan and walnut orchards on Armenian soil.

His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, gave his blessings to the Lebanese entrepreneur for the programs he has been implementing in Armenia for the enhancement of relations between the two nations.

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