Mohamed Al Fayed

$2.03B

as of 09/01/23

About Mohamed Al Fayed

Mohamed Al Fayed was born in Alexandria, Egypt and moved in the mid-1960s to the U.K., where he made his fortune.

He's best known for being the one-time owner of London department store Harrod's, which he sold to Qatar for a reported $2.4 billion in 2010.

He owns the storied Ritz Paris hotel. After a four-year renovation, it reopened in 2016. Suites are named after illustrious guests, like Coco Chanel.

In 2013, Al Fayed sold Fulham Football Club to U.S. auto parts billionaire Shahid Khan for a reported $300 million.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Egypt

Source of wealth

Retail, investments

Birth date

01/27/29

Number of children

Self-made

self-made

Mohamed Al Fayed’s fortune is worth

34K

troy ounces of gold

31K

median U.S. household

20K

median U.S. income

0.041%

U.S. credit card volume

0.008%

GDP of the United States

0.006%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

He owns a Scottish castle and a sprawling estate called Balnagown near Inverness, where guests can rent out cottages.