Hassan Jameel
Saudi businessman and philanthropist (born 1988) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saudi businessman and philanthropist (born 1988) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hassan Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel[2][3][4] (born 1979/1980)[1] is a Saudi businessman and philanthropist. He is deputy president and vice chairman of Saudi Arabia operations at the international conglomerate Abdul Latif Jameel.
Hassan Jameel | |
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| Born | Hassan Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel 1979/1980[1] |
| Education | Sophia University (BA) London Business School (MBA) |
| Title | Deputy President and Vice Chairman, Saudi Arabia, of Abdul Latif Jameel |
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Hassan Jameel is the middle son of Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel, chairman and president of Abdul Latif Jameel.[5][6][7] 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.[8][9][10][11]
Jameel attended high school in Japan.[12][13][7][14] In 1997 he entered Sophia University in Tokyo, and graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in international economics.[14][15][16] He subsequently obtained an MBA from the London Business School.[7][17]
In 2004, Jameel trained in the domestic kaizen department of the Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan.[7][17] Following his time at Toyota, he returned to Saudi Arabia to work in the diversified family-owned business Abdul Latif Jameel,[7][15][17][18] one of the largest independent distributors of Toyota and Lexus vehicles in the world.[7][17][19][20] He currently serves as deputy president and vice chairman of domestic Saudi Arabia operations.[16][21]
In 2011, Jameel met with R. J. Scaringe, the founder of the small auto-manufacturing startup Rivian.[22][23] Jameel asked Scaringe to produce an electric pickup truck, and Abdul Latif Jameel made a large investment in Rivian,[24] and became Rivian's largest investor.[25] Jameel also became a member of Rivian's board of directors.[12]
Jameel is vice chairman of Community Jameel, an international philanthropic organization founded in 2003[17][26][27][28] that promotes such social and economic initiatives as refugee education, job creation, poverty alleviation, food and water security, and healthcare improvement.[2][5][11][16][29]
He is also involved in humanitarian programs with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[21]
Jameel is an art collector and keen supporter of the arts.[7][30] He married Tunisian art critic and Ibraaz co-founder Lina Lazaar in 2012.[31][32][33][34][35] The marriage ended in divorce in 2017.[31][36]
He was in a relationship with Rihanna from 2017[18][37][38][39] to 2020.[40]
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