Mohamed aluminium-Fayed (, actually Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed) (* 27 January 1929 in Alexandria) are an Egyptian entrepreneur and billionaire. He is among other things owner of the department store Harrods in London, the football club Fulham F.C and the hotel cuts into Paris. Aluminium-Fayed is particularly in Great Britain one very disputed personality. One of its sons, Dodi Fayed, became by a dear affair with princess Diana world-wide admits. Aluminium-Fayeds fortune amounts to according to estimations between 880 million and 3.3 billion US Dollar.

Ascent

Fayed was born in Bakos a heruntergekommenen quarter in the east of the Egyptian large city Alexandria as an oldest son of a basic school teacher become impoverished. He worked among other things as a Coca Cola street trader, as a salesman for sewing machines and as a teacher. At fortunes Fayed arrived, after he SAM Irish Republican Army Kashoggi, which had married sister of the weapon dealer Adnan Kashoggi and this provided a prominent position in its import enterprises in Saudi Arabia for him. From the marriage with SAM Irish Republican Army son Dodi Fayed comes of.

After Fayed in the united Arab emirates, in Haiti and in London had attached numerous business contacts, he created a shipping company in Egypt. 1966 appointed it the Sultan of Brunei, one of the richest men of the world, to its financial adviser. Starting from 1974 it lived in Great Britain and added its name the honour additive aluminum, whereupon it received from the satire magazine private Eye to the over name phoney pharaoh (wrong Pharao). 1979 it acquired the luxury hotel cuts into Paris. 1985 he married the former Finnish Heini from aluminium-Fayeds the sons Kareem and Omar as well as the daughters of jasmines and Camilla come of to second marriage.

Harrods controversy

Likewise 1985 acquired aluminium-Fayed as well as its younger brother Ali for 615 million Pound the renowned department store Harrods in London. They sat down against Tiny Rowland through (1974 had been aluminium-Fayed for short time member of the supervisory board of the Lonrho Holding, which Rowland belonged). Aluminium-Fayed and Rowland argued during years in public about the legal standard of this business.

The conflict flowed finally in an investigation by the handels and Industrieministerium. The commission of inquiry came 1990 in the end that the Fayed brothers had lied regarding their origin and their financial circumstances. In the ownership structure changed nevertheless nothing and Rowland raised further heavy reproaches. Thus stated it, which would steal entrusted jewels in the value of several millions from Fayeds Pound from the safe deposit of the department store. Rowland died 1998 and aluminium-Fayed terminated the conflict with a payment in unknown quantities height to the widow. During the argument aluminium-Fayed had been once arrested. He sued the metropolitan policy because of illegitimate arrest, was subject however 2002 before court.

Political conflicts and scandals

Since its in England had itself aluminium-Fayed endeavored to acquire the British nationality. The Ministers of the Interior of several governments, both the labour party and the Conservative party, leaned this unjustified demand repeated off. They justified this in each case with aluminium-Fayeds a little exemplary character and its obscure business practices. In order to achieve its goal nevertheless, aluminium-Fayed tried, to up-polish its image and donated considerable contributions to charitable organizations such as child hospitals or schools. 1992 he tried a Relaunch of the steeped in tradition satire magazine Punch, which had however 2002 finally its appearance to adjust. 1996 it acquired the Londoner football club Fulham F.C and led this with million-investments into the Prime Minister League.

When aluminium-Fayed did not receive the British nationality despite all these efforts nevertheless, he sued the government, was subject however. Reason for the renewed refusal was probably its entangling into the cash for questions scandal ("money for questions"): In October 1994 aluminium-Fayed had assigned a lobby organization to captivate the conservative delegates Neil Hamilton and Tim Smith. They should have with difficulty loaded those Ministers, who had allegedly prevented aluminium-Fayeds request for naturalization with purposeful questions in the House of Commons.

Conspiracy theories

Aluminium-Fayeds son from first marriage, the film producer Dodi Fayed, had begun 1996 a with princess Diana, who briefly before of prince Charles divorced was. Dodi and Diana died on 31 August 1997 in a tunnel in Paris with a car accident, when they were on the escape before Paparazzi.

After this accident Mohamed aluminium-Fayed maintained several times publicly, their death not the consequence of an accident was. Rather his Dodi and Diana Opfer of a conspiracy handing far been, into whom among other things prince Philip and the MI5 are complicated. Aluminium-Fayed stated, certain persons from the king house and of the secret service it could not have borne it that Diana had become more schwanger from Dodi possibly. Aluminium-Fayed stated also, it was the victim of a slandering campaign persisting for a long time, which has the goal of bringing it with the group of terrorists of aluminium-Qaida in connection. These unproven statements led to the fact that the department store Harrods lost its status as a yard supplier.

In the year 2003 aluminium-Fayed shifted its domicile of Surrey into Switzerland. As reason it indicated, the British revenue offices would not have adhered to an agreement. it pulled 2005 to Monaco, in order to profit from a still more favourable "tax climate ". It is generally accepted the fact that it possesses meanwhile a passport that combining Arab emirates and its requirement on the British nationality aufgegegen has.

Related links

• Personal Website of Mohamed aluminium-Fayed
• Charity donation by Mohamed aluminium-Fayed

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