Tharwat Bassily () Ph.D., (14 September 1940 – 5 December 2017) was an Egyptian businessman. Bassily graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University in 1967. He was founder and chairman of the board of Amoun Pharmaceutical Company S.A.E., one of the leading private pharmaceutical companies in Egypt. Bassily was also the undersecretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, a member of the Shura Council, and the founder of Coptic TV. References External links Amoun Pharmaceutical Company ctv channel 1940 births 2017 deaths Coptic businesspeople 20th-century Egyptian businesspeople Egyptian people of Coptic descent Coptic Orthodox Christians from Egypt Egyptian billionaires Egyptian company founders