Foz was born in the city of
Latakia to a Sunni family; his father worked as a pharmacist, and his uncle was a member of the
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. In the early 1990s, Foz travelled to the
American University of Paris to pursue his studies, after which he continued his education at the
University of Massachusetts in Boston before later moving to
San Diego, California, for additional academic training. After returning to Syria, he worked in the management of a cement-import company prior to the outbreak of the
Syrian civil war. He is the Chairman and General Manager of Aman Holding, which was formerly known as the Aman Group, which owns the
Four Seasons Hotel Damascus. The company acquired the stake of Saudi Prince
Alwaleed bin Talal in the hotel during his detention at the
Ritz Carlton amid the
Saudi purge. The Syrian government is the second largest stakeholder in the hotel. In August 2017, Aman Group announced a partnership with
Damascus governorate, under its company Damascus Cham Holding, in building a luxury development called
Marota City in the Basateen al-Razi area in the
Mezzeh district of
Damascus. In November 2017, Damascus Cham Holding granted Aman Group the right to develop real estate projects worth $312m as part of the project. His business interests significantly expanded during the Syrian civil war into aviation, the cable industry, steel, sugar, car assembly and distribution, hotel management, real estate development, pharmaceuticals and banking. Through his commercial network, Foz operated several companies in Turkey, including a mineral-water factory in
Erzurum and warehouses and grain silos in
İskenderun with a capacity of approximately 150,000 tons. His investments also extended to the mining sector, including a gold mine near the Turkish capital
Ankara, in addition to real-estate and tourism projects in
Istanbul and
Bodrum, among them a five-star hotel. Reports published in 2025 stated that Foz attempted to reach a settlement with the
new government following the
fall of the Assad regime but did not succeed, after which he settled in the
United Arab Emirates. == Controversies ==