The Said T. Khoury Chair of Leadership Studies at the American University of Sharjah was established in 2019 to honor the legacy of a prominent entrepreneur, business person, philanthropist, and father. In early 1950s, Mr. Said T. Khoury co-founded Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) and led its transformation from a small subcontracting firm into an international construction engineering giant. Headquartered in Athens, Greece, CCC is nowadays one of the top 25 companies in the world in its industry of operation, having a workforce of about 130,000 employees and executing major projects in over 40 countries.

The Said T. Khoury Chair of Leadership Studies is dedicated to the development and dissemination of impactful knowledge base about leadership that manifests itself across different levels of analysis, transcending disciplinary silos, functional areas, and industry boundaries. The distinctiveness of the Chair consists in its balanced approach to leadership theory and practice, which is materialized through a fruitful combination of academic endeavors and practice-focused initiatives. The Chair strives to conduct a series of closely interrelated activities in three mutually reinforcing areas, namely youth engagement, scholarly production, and non/academic outreach.