Hassan Jameel | |
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| Born | Hassan Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel 6 October 1987 |
| Education | Sophia University London Business School |
| Title | Vice Chairman and Deputy President, Saudi Arabia, of Abdul Latif Jameel |
| Spouse | |
| Partner | Rihanna (2017–2020) |
Hassan Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel [1] [2] [3] is a Saudi businessman and philanthropist. He is deputy president and vice chairman of Saudi Arabia operations at international conglomerate Abdul Latif Jameel.
Born on 6 October 1980,[ citation needed ] Hassan is the middle son of Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel, chairman and president of Abdul Latif Jameel. [4] [5] [6] He is the grandson of Abdul Latif Jameel (1909–1993), who founded the eponymous company in 1945 and acquired distribution rights to Toyota vehicles in Saudi Arabia in 1955. [7] [5] [8] [9] [10]
Jameel spent his early school career in Japan, [6] [11] receiving a Bachelor of Arts in international economics from Sophia University in Tokyo in 2010. [11] [12] [13] He subsequently obtained an MBA from the London Business School. [6] [14]
In 2004, Jameel trained in the domestic kaizen department of the Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan. [6] [14] Following his time at Toyota, he returned to Saudi Arabia to work in the family-owned business Abdul Latif Jameel, [6] [12] [14] [15] one of the largest independent distributors of Toyota, Daihatsu, and Lexus vehicles in the world. [6] [14] [16] [17] He currently serves as deputy president and vice chairman of domestic Saudi Arabia operations. [13] [18]
Jameel is vice chairman of Community Jameel, an organization[ clarification needed ] founded in 2003 [14] [19] [20] [21] that promotes such social and economic initiatives as refugee education, job creation, poverty alleviation, food and water security, and healthcare improvement. [1] [4] [10] [12] [13] [18] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] He participates in humanitarian programs with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[ citation needed ]
Himself an art collector and keen supporter of the arts, [6] [28] Jameel married Tunisian art critic and Ibraaz co-founder Lina Lazaar in 2012. [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] The marriage ended in divorce in 2017. [29] [35]
He was in a relationship with Rihanna from 2017 to 2020. [15] [36] [37] [38] Prior to that he was briefly linked to Naomi Campbell. [15]
Jameel is fluent in Arabic, English, and Japanese. [12] [18]
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