Kutayba Alghanim
$1.26B
as of 02/27/21
About Kutayba Alghanim
Kutayba Alghanim is the chairman of Alghanim Industries, which his late father Yusuf founded in 1932. His son Omar served as CEO until Dec. 2019.
Alghanim sells GM and Ford cars in Kuwait, owns a consumer electronics retailer and Wendys restaurants in the Middle East, among other businesses.
Kutayba and his brother Bassam have fought over the division of assets they inherited and have turned to a Swiss arbitration court to settle.
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Citizenship
KuwaitSource of wealth
diversifiedResidence
Kuwait City, KuwaitMarital status
MarriedBirth date
10/12/45 (age 78)Number of children
3Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of California, BerkeleySelf-made
inherited and growingKutayba Alghanim’s fortune is worth
21K
troy ounces of gold
19K
median U.S. household
13K
median U.S. income
0.025%
U.S. credit card volume
0.005%
GDP of the United States
0.004%
United States debt
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After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, Alghanim returned to Kuwait in 1970 and opened a store selling luxury furniture.
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