Ghandour, who heads Aramex, a Middle Eastern logistics and transportation provider, brought the very definition of profitability into question.

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Despite the new-found respect, Aramex failed to get the capital it was after.

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On any scale Aramex has done well out of the global economic crisis.

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With a growing customer base, on-line exposure, minimal debt and very few assets, when the global economic crisis hit in 2008, Aramex was in prime position.

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