Wafic Saïd

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Wafic Rida Saïd (Arabic: وافق رضا سعيد‎) (born Damascus, 1939) is a Syrian-Saudi-Arabian businessman living in the United Kingdom.

He became a multi-millionaire through his connections with the Saudi royal family. He acted as a negotiator and consultant on many major infrastructure and armaments projects, including the multi-billion dollar Al Yamamah arms contract.

In 1996 he donated £20 million to establish Saïd Business School, the business school at the University of Oxford.

In 2003 he became the first recipient of Sheldon Medal which had been newly established by Oxford University to honour exceptional supporters of the University.

He has commissioned a new Georgian-style country house, Tusmore House, near Bicester.