Fred Mouawad

Fred Mouawad is an entrepreneur, institution builder, and family-business steward who has founded ten ventures spanning food and beverage, technology, manufacturing, media, and professional services, including nonprofit initiatives dedicated to social impact. Fred is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Synergia One Group of Companies, whose portfolio includes Synova, Taskworld, Oriona, and SmartWork Media. Since 2010, Fred has served as a fourth-generation Co-Guardian of Mouawad, the high jewelry house founded by his family in 1890. Building new ventures while stewarding a multigenerational enterprise has shaped his perspective on leadership, governance, succession, and institutional endurance. Fred co-founded Family Business eXponential, dedicated to helping business-owning families achieve generational success. A YPO member since 2010, he served as Southeast Asia Regional Chair, co-founded and chaired the YPO Stanford GSB Executive Education Program for nine years, co-founded two YPO chapters, helped launch four more across Asia, and received YPO's Alexander L. Cappello Award. He also serves on Harvard Business School's Global Advisory Board. Fred holds a B.S. from Pepperdine University, is an MBA alumnus from Harvard Business School (Class of 1995), and completed the Stanford Executive Program in 2012. He is a Graduate Gemologist from the Gemological Institute of America. Fred is currently writing The Catalytic Leader: How Great Leaders Build Institutions That Thrive Beyond Them.

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