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Mohamed Al-Fayed

Egyptian businessman who owned Harrods and the Ritz Paris, later accused of sexual assault.

Mohamed Al-Fayed

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Mohamed Abdel Moneim Al-Fayed was an Egyptian businessman born on 27 January 1929 in Alexandria, Egypt.[1][2] He owned the Hôtel Ritz Paris, Harrods department store, and Fulham Football Club, with his primary business interests in the United Kingdom from the mid-1960s.[1] Forbes assessed Al-Fayed's net worth at $2 billion at the time of his 2023 death.[1]

Quick Facts

Born
27 January 1929
Birthplace
Alexandria, Egypt
Died
30 August 2023
Place of death
Westminster, London, England
Burial place
Barrow Green Court
Occupation
Businessman
Children
5, including Dodi and Omar

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Al-Fayed was the eldest son of an Egyptian primary school teacher from Asyut.[2] He began his career selling Coca-Cola on the streets of Alexandria at age 19.[3] In 1984, Al-Fayed and his brother Ali purchased a 30 per cent stake in the House of Fraser group for £138 million.[4] He bought the remaining 70 per cent of House of Fraser in early 1985 for £615 million.[5][6]

Al-Fayed also bought the rights to the historic British humorous magazine Punch in 1996.[7] The 27 January 1929 birth date for Al-Fayed was established by a Department of Trade inquiry.[8] During the 1960s, Al-Fayed became acquainted with Dubai's ruler Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, who gave him the task of aiding Dubai's development.[9][10] Al-Fayed brought in British firms like Costain Group to perform construction projects in Dubai.[9][10]

The People's Trust, a political organization, was created by Al-Fayed in January 1997.[11][12]

What the cited sources add

A BBC News profile noted that Al-Fayed resurrected the satirical magazine Punch and bought Fulham FC.[8] The same profile stated that his application for a UK passport was rejected by Home Secretary Jack Straw in 1999.[8] Trelford wrote that from 1985 through 1987, Rowland conducted an extensive global probe into Fayed and his Harrods purchase.[5]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Mohamed Al-Fayed" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The World's Celebrities" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Mohamed Al-Fayed" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Who's Who", A & C Black, 2008 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Mohamed Al-Fayed" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bower 1998, p. 9.; Bower 1998, p. 9. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Mohamed Al-Fayed" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Orth, "Holy War at Harrods", 1 September 1995 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Trelford, "Time to set the record straight on the Observer and the Harrods takeover", The Guardian, 16 May 2010. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
  6. Wikipedia, "Mohamed Al-Fayed" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Trelford, "Time to set the record straight on the Observer and the Harrods takeover", The Guardian, 16 May 2010; Trelford, "Time to set the record straight on the Observer and the Harrods takeover", The Guardian, 16 May 2010; Trelford, "Time to set the record straight on the Observer and the Harrods takeover", The Guardian, 16 May 2010 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Mohamed Al-Fayed" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Peachey, "Loss-making 'Punch' magazine closes for the second time", 30 May 2002; John Morrish, Paul Bradshaw, Magazine Editing: In Print and Online. Routledge, 2012. (p. ƒƒ32). (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. "Profile of Mohamed Al Fayed", BBC News, 7 April 2008. facts only, no text reused. news.bbc.co.uk
  9. Open Library record, ISBN 9781627340526 ("Major Players in the Muslim Business World"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Mohamed Al-Fayed" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Salihovic, "Major Players in the Muslim Business World", Universal Publishers, 5 October 2015, p. 117–118; Vallely, "Mohamed al-Fayed: The outsider", The Independent, 6 October 2007; Feder, "Harrod's New Owner: Mohamed Al-Fayed; a Quiet Acquisitor Is Caught in a Cross Fire", The New York Times, 8 September 1985; Lindsay, "Mohamed Al Fayed — the outsider with a taste for confrontation", The Times, 10 May 2010 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Rentoul, "Fayed funds new political crusade", The Independent, 13 January 1997. facts only, no text reused. independent.co.uk
  12. Wikipedia, "Mohamed Al-Fayed" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rentoul, "Fayed funds new political crusade", The Independent, 13 January 1997; Rentoul, "Fayed funds new political crusade", The Independent, 13 January 1997; Abrams, "Fayed's clean-up trust is dissolved", The Independent, 21 September 1998 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Mohamed Al-Fayed (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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