Ahmad Ghraoui, Bassam’s Grandfather.

Sadek Ghraoui, Bassam’s father (on the left) with Hashim Al Atassi, Syrian President (on the right).

AL-LATAAEF Egyptian newspaper talking about Sadek Ghraoui, the only Syrian merchant participating in Bari fair in Italy in 1930 where he received a first class certificate (6/10/1930)

Sadek Ghraoui, Bassam’s father (first from left) during a visit to a French chocolate manufactory in 1931.

Sadek Ghraoui, Bassam’s father (first from left) during a visit to a French chocolate manufactory in 1931; first relation between Ghraoui and the chocolate.

Sadek Ghraoui, Bassam’s father at Al Azem Palace (in the middle) with President Ata Al Ayoubi (second from right).

Sadek Ghraoui, Bassam’s father (second from left) with Bader El Din Al Shallah (first from left) and Musalam Al Sioufi, Chamber of Commerce President, in 1951, Cairo/ Kingdom of Egypt.

Sadek Ghraoui, Bassam’s father (first from left) in a lunch invitation in the presence of President Shukri Al Quatli (1956).

Sadek Ghraoui, Bassam’s father (second from left) greeting Akram Al Hourani, Syrian Parliament deputy, in Orient Club 1962.

Sadek Ghraoui, Bassam’s father (second from left) greeting  Adel Al Khoja, Damascus Chamber of Commerce President and Maarouf Al Dawalibi, Syrian Parliament President, in 1962.

Sadek Ghraoui, Bassam’s father (on the left) hosting a diner on the honor of Khaled Al-Azem, Syrian Prime Minister (on the right) in 1962.

Sadek Ghraoui, Bassam’s father (on the right) greeting Syrian Prime Minister Khaled Al-Azem in the Orient Club, Damascus, 1962 .

Sadek Ghraoui; Bassam’s father greeting Subhi Kahaleh; Minister of Transport, and George Khoury; Minister of Industry in 1962. (Dinner invitation hosted by Sadek Ghraoui).

Bassam Sadek Ghraoui, 1962.

Sadek Ghraoui, Bassam’s father (second on left), Bassam Ghraoui (first on right, turned back), Ghassan Al-Quwatly, Sadek Ghraoui’s partner in S.Ghraoui &Co. for biscuit manufacturing, with the German expert from Werner & Pfieder(second on right) that has installed the last machine in the biscuit manufactory before the nationalization of the Syrian private sector.

Bassam Ghraoui receiving the Highest Award in the Legion of Honor from Michael Linhart, the ambassador of Austria, on behalf of the Austrian President Thomas Klestil.

Bassam Ghraoui receiving the Hungarian Order of Merit Officer’s Cross from the Hungarian ambassador in Damascus, 2008.

Bassam Ghraoui (first from left) and wife, Rania Ghraoui (in the middle) with the French ambassador in Damascus, Jean Francois Girault, during a cocktail on the honor of granting Ghraoui Chocolate the Prix d’honneur at the Paris Salon du Chocolat in 2005.

Bassam Ghraoui (on the right), French Syrian Business Council President and French Arab Chamber of Commerce Vice President with Hervé de Charette, French Arab Chamber of Commerce President and Previous French Minister of Foreign Affairs. Paris 2009.

Bassam Ghraoui, French Syrian Business Council President from the Syrian side (on the left) with Pierre Simon, French Syrian Business Council President from the French side (on the right) and Hervé de Charette, French Arab Chamber of Commerce President and Previous French Minister of Foreign Affairs (in middle). Paris 2009.

Bassam Ghraoui, French Syrian Business Council President from the Syrian side (on the left) with Pierre Simon, French Syrian Business Council President from the French side (on the right). Paris 2009.

Bassam Ghraoui, French Syrian Business Council President from the Syrian side (on the left) with Anne Marie Idrac, French Secretary of State for Foreign Trade. Paris 2009.