Amr S. Badawi bought a four-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 5445 Marine Ave. in Hawthorne from Damon T. Sun for $520,000 on Dec. 1.

The 2,076-square-foot house was built in 1994 in West Hawthorne. It is located in the Marine Village development.

Mr. Badawi is the executive president of Egypt's National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. He also works as a professor of electronics at Cairo University. He also became part of GTE & General Dynamics, Telecomp International and Aydin Systems.

He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in electronics engineering from Cairo University. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 9,872 home sales in Hawthorne during the past 12 months, with a median price of $165,000.

Address: 5445 Marine Avenue, Unit: 8
Buyer(s): Amr S Badawi
Seller(s): Mona Adel Nour
Sale date: Dec. 1, 2010