Samer & Mayfrid Chehlaoui

Samer gained a keen interest in the F&B industry while living abroad, after graduating from ESCP business school in France. He launched Roadster Diner SARL with his brother-in-law and then returned to Lebanon, where he made the concept a successful chain and a benchmark brand in the market, before selling his shares and setting up the investment company, Schmid Holding. Mayfrid gained a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration (Marketing) from the American University of Beirut and later enrolled on a Master’s in Management program at ESSEC business school (Grande Ecole). In 2013, when her family sold its shares in Roadster Diner, she returned to Beirut to continue her father’s legacy. Less than four years on, they have opened 5 branches of the casual dining restaurant Divvy, with plans in the pipeline for new concepts.