Phoenix Ancient Art was incorporated in 1995, but this is an established business that is already into its second generation under the Aboutaam family. Phoenix was originally founded by the late S. Aboutaam in the mid 1960s, and it has become an Ancient Art concern of international renown. Aboutaam’s two sons, Ali Aboutaam and Hicham Aboutaam took over the reigns from their father in 1998.
The Aboutaam brothers lived in a family steeped in the World of Antiquities, and it was quite natural for them, who had grown up as an integral part of the Phoenix Ancient Art experience, to take over from their father. Ali Aboutaam manages the gallery in Geneva while Hicham Aboutaam manages the New York gallery.