Episode 2020
Mohamed Al-Fayed
Sun, 2022-Nov-13 02:07 UTC
Length - 2:12
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With 339,346 views on Saturday, 12 November 2022 our article of the day is Mohamed Al-Fayed.
Mohamed Al-Fayed (; Egyptian Arabic: محمد الفايد [mæˈħæmmæd elˈfæːjed]; born 27 January 1929) is an Egyptian-born businessman whose residence and chief business interests have been in the United Kingdom since the late 1960s. Fayed's business interests include ownership of Hôtel Ritz Paris and formerly Harrods department store and Fulham F. C., both in London.
Fayed's son, from his first marriage to Samira Khashoggi from 1954 to 1956, Dodi, was in a romantic relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales, when they both died in a car crash in Paris in 1997. Fayed married Finnish socialite and former model Heini Wathén in 1985, with whom he also has four children: Jasmine, Karim, Camilla, and Omar. In November 2022, Fayed's wealth was estimated at US$1.9 billion, ranking his wealth at no. 1,512 in the world.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:07 UTC on Sunday, 13 November 2022.
For the full current version of the article, see Mohamed Al-Fayed on Wikipedia.
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