About Kadmus
We started Kadmus The Olive Company to honour what extra virgin olive oil should be: honest, traceable, and tied to the land it comes from.
We're based in Xironomi, a village in central Greece at the foot of Mount Helikon — a landscape shaped by wind, stone, and tradition.
This is where we work. And this is where the story begins.
Three founders, one mill
We're Ziad, Nadin and Omar, three founders with one shared vision: to bring good oil to market without losing sight of how it's made.
Kadmus The Olive Company grew out of conversations that started over food, curiosity about process, and a shared sense that we wanted to continue a tradition worth preserving. We didn't set out to reinvent olive oil. We just wanted to make it well, keep it honest, and stay close to where it comes from.
Which is why we started small, built carefully, and found our place in Xironomi, a village rooted in tradition, just like the work we wanted to do.
- Rooted in place
- Produced with responsibility
- Crafted with care
“We named our olive mill Kadmus after the legendary Phoenician prince. Kadmus founded the ancient city of Thebes, which was an agricultural powerhouse and the capital of the local region.”
— Ziad Rayya, CEO
Kadmus is the name of the Phoenician founder in Greek myth. Here, the story is a bridge to Boeotia — not a claim about the oil's origin.
