Small Business Today Magazine DEC 2014 NOUN INVESTMENTS | Page 8

EDITORIALFEATURE

Tony Noun -

Noun Investments, LLC
Success because of his
Indomitable, Phoenix-like
Spirit & Passion for
Helping Others
By Barbara R. Davis

“The phoenix must burn to emerge.” - Janet Fitch

S

ome people think that it’s a terrible thing to have failed at
something. Maybe that’s why failure tends to be more public than success. On the other hand, no great success was
ever achieved without some failure. Tony Noun has worked
extremely hard for what he has built for himself and his family. Even though he has had major, game-changing setbacks that
would have devastated others, Tony’s determination to succeed,
his indomitable spirit, and his passion for helping others has allowed him to rise like a phoenix from the ashes and become a
great success once again!

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries
with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
- Napoleon Hill

Tony Noun has worked extremely hard for what
he has built for himself and his family. Even though
he has had setbacks that for some would have been
devastating, Tony’s passion for helping others, determination to succeed, and indomitable spirit has
helped him to rise like a phoenix from the ashes
and become such a great success once again!
Photo by Gwen Juarez Photography.

8 SMALL BUSINESS TODAY MAGAZINE [ DECEMBER 2014 ]

Born to a Christian Lebanese family in Beirut, Lebanon on December 6, 1967,Tony Noun was the youngest of six children. His
father worked as a manager of a bank but tragically died at the
young age of 49 when Tony was just six years old. Tony’s mom
was left with the sole responsibility of taking care of all of them.
Life became very arduous without Tony’s father as the bread-winner. One by one, all of Tony’s brothers and sisters got jobs, no
matter their young age. When he was seven,Tony started selling
newspapers on the road. His brother was working for a bakery
during the day and did his studies at night. This same brother
eventually became a bank manager like his father. Tony’s sisters
became French teachers at a Christian university in Lebanon.
As if things couldn’t get any worse, in 1975 the Syrian civil war
spilled over into Lebanon and the Syrian regime took over. Then
the Syrian regime began killing off all of the Christians there. Tony