Hisham Talaat Mostafa is the CEO and Chairman of the Talaat Mostafa Group. He resides in Egypt with his wife and three children.Talaat Mostafa Group: Mr. Hisham Talaat Mousta: Chairman and CEO

On September 2, 2008, Mostafa was arrested for allegedly paying a retired police officer $2 million to kill Suzanne Tamim, a Lebanese pop star, with whom he was alleged to have had a romantic relationship with.LA Times: Egyptian parliament member arrested (September 3, 2008) Mostafa pled not guilty on October 18, 2008.CNN.com: Tycoon pleads not guilty in pop star's murder (October 18, 2008) He was sentenced to death on May 21, 2009.NY Times: Egyptian Tycoon Sentenced to Death for Murder (May 21, 2009)

Mostafa was arrested on September 2, 2008, after allegedly hiring a retired police officer, Muhsen Sukkari, to murder Lebanese pop singer Suzanne Tamim, Mostafa's alleged former lover. She was found in July of 2008 in her Dubai apartment with multiple stab wounds and her throat slit. The killing was said to have had "more to do with passion than money."LA Times: Egyptian parliament member arrested (September 3, 2008) Mostafa was sentenced to death by Judge Muhammadi Qunsuwa in a Cairo courtroom on May 21, 2009, for his alleged involvement in Tamim's murder.NY Times: Egyptian Tycoon Sentenced to Death for Murder (May 21, 2009)