AskBiography Logo   Latest News  Follow Us on Twitter  Follow Us on Google Buzz  Became Fan - Facebook  Subscribe to RSSRSS   Bookmark and Share

Mohamed Al-Fayed

Mohamed Al-Fayed
Wax statue of Mohamed Al-Fayed at Harrods
Personal information
Birth nameMohamed Al-Fayed
Birth dateJanuary 27, 1929(age 87)
Place of birthEl-Gomorok, Alexandria, Egypt
NationalityEgyptian
OccupationOwner of the Hôtel Ritz Paris and Fulham football club,
former owner of Harrods department store and the House of Fraser, Philanthropist
Net worth(+)US$1.2 billion (2011)
SpouseSamira Khashoggi
(m. 1954 � 1956, divorced)
Heini Wathén (1985 � present)
ChildrenDodi Fayed
Jasmine Al-Fayed
Karim Al-Fayed
Camila Al-Fayed
Omar Al-Fayed
RelativesAli Al-Fayed (brother)

     Home | Person | Mohamed Al-Fayed



Mohamed Abdel Moneim Al-Fayed ( ) (born January 27, 1929 ) is an Egyptian businessman. After business ventures in Haiti and Dubai, Al-Fayed moved to England and fought a contentious battle for the ownership of the House of Fraser retail group, which included the Harrods department store. Al-Fayed ran Harrods from 1985 to 2010, before its sale to Qatar Holdings.

The owner of Fulham Football Club and the Hôtel Ritz Paris, Al-Fayed has been a controversial figure in England, with his propagation of conspiracy theories over the death of his son Dodi and Diana, Princess of Wales in a car crash in Paris, quest for British citizenship, and his role in the Cash-for-questions affair. His wealth is estimated at $1.2 billion, making him the 993rd richest person in the world.


Warning: simplexml_load_file(http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/-/Mohamed/Al-Fayed?orderby=viewCount&max-results=10) [function.simplexml-load-file]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 410 Gone in /home/askbio/public_html/index_bio.php on line 257

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: I/O warning : failed to load external entity "http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/-/Mohamed/Al-Fayed?orderby=viewCount&max-results=10" in /home/askbio/public_html/index_bio.php on line 257

Fatal error: Call to a member function children() on a non-object in /home/askbio/public_html/index_bio.php on line 260