Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch

Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch is a Moroccan businesswoman born in Casablanca, the daughter of Boulajoul Idrissi, a Berber family[1], from the small village of Aguerd-Oudad, Tafraout. She is the founder and CEO of the Aksal-Morocco Mall Group, and the wife of Aziz Akhannouch, a wealthy businessman.

Salwa Idrissi inherited a fortune from her grandfather, Haj Ahmed Benlafkih, a businessman who dominated Moroccan trade in the 1960s. The Aksal group owns 50% of the Morocco Mall, the second largest shopping center in Africa, built at a cost of more than 240 million dollars in 2007. Aksal also owns the sole franchise rights for several leading brands in Morocco, including Zara, Banana Republic, Pull & Bear and Gap.[2][3] She is the creator and owner of cosmetics brand Yan & One.[4]

References
  1. "سلوى أخنوش تحتفل بأصولها الأمازيغية التافراوتية من خلال "يان آند وان"". Almaghrib Today. December 8, 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  2. "Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch is One of the 500 People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry in 2017". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  3. Mfonobong Nsehe, Ten African Multimillionaires You've Never Heard Of, Forbes.com, 24 April 2013.
  4. "Salwa Idrissi Akhanouch to Launch Beauty Product Brand, 'YAN & ONE,' in Morocco Mall". Morocco World News. Oct 3, 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2020.


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