Mohamed Al-Fayed
Overview
Mohamed Abdel Moneim Al-Fayed is an Egypt
ian businessman and billionaire. Amongst his business interests are ownership of the English Premiership
football team Fulham Football Club
, Hôtel Ritz Paris
and formerly Harrods Department Store, Knightsbridge
. Fayed has three siblings: Ali
, Salah, and Safia, and married Finnish socialite
and former model Heini Wathén
in 1985, with whom he had four children: Jasmine, Karim, Camilla, and Omar; and three grandchildren.
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian businessman and billionaire. Amongst his business interests are ownership of the English Premiership
FA Premier League
The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
football team Fulham Football Club
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
, Hôtel Ritz Paris
Hôtel Ritz Paris
The Hôtel Ritz is a grand palatial hotel in the heart of Paris, the 1st arrondissement. It overlooks the octagonal border of the Place Vendôme at number 15...
and formerly Harrods Department Store, Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of central London. The road runs along the south side of Hyde Park, west from Hyde Park Corner, spanning the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea...
. Fayed has three siblings: Ali
Ali al-Fayed
Ali Al-Fayed is an Egyptian businessman and UK citizen. He is Mohamed Al-Fayed's younger brother.Ali Al-Fayed has interests in Harrods, which he bought in 1985, and the Hôtel Ritz Paris, bought in 1979. Both these businesses were bought with his older brother, Mohamed Al-Fayed...
, Salah, and Safia, and married Finnish socialite
Socialite
A socialite is a person who participates in social activities and spends a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained at fashionable upper-class events....
and former model Heini Wathén
Heini Wathén
Heini Wathén is a former model and Miss Viking pageant winner married to Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed, with whom she has four children: daughters Jasmine and Camilla, and sons Kareem and Omar....
in 1985, with whom he had four children: Jasmine, Karim, Camilla, and Omar; and three grandchildren.
Quotations
If this planet lasts for another thousand years people will still be talking about the terrible event we are now living through.
On the truth about the Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|Death of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed|Dodi Fayed Quoted in
I am not resting until I die. I am not doing this for myself, but for the country.
Quoted in
I am not talking to you, you are bloody idiot, you are part of the establishment, you work for MI6
His response to a journalist calling him a liar.