In November 2022, Fayed's wealth was estimated at US$1.9 billion, ranking his wealth at no. 1,512 in the world. Fayed was married to Samira Khashoggi from 1954 to 1956, and had a son Dodi. Dodi was in a romantic relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales, when they both died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.
In 1997 Fayed acquired a controlling interest in the Fulham Football Club, of which he became chairman, and his name first appeared on The Sunday Times's annual list of Britain's wealthiest individuals. In 2006 Fayed launched the luxury convenience store Harrods 102.
Dodi came from a family of billionaires
As we saw on The Crown, Dodi's father Mohamed owned the luxury department store Harrods as well as the Ritz Hotel. According to Forbes, his estimated net worth in 2022 is $1.9 billion.
Mohamed Al-Fayed is an Egyptian business magnate and philanthropist who has a net worth of $2 billion.
In November 2022, Fayed's wealth was estimated at US$1.9 billion, ranking his wealth at no. 1,512 in the world. Fayed was married to Samira Khashoggi from 1954 to 1956, and had a son Dodi. Dodi was in a romantic relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales, when they both died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.
Where is Al Fayed now? Al Fayed is still alive, as of 2022. He sold Harrod's to Qatar Holdings in 2010. "After 25 years as chairman of Harrods, Fayed has decided to retire and to spend more time with his children and grandchildren," a spokesperson for Fayed said when the sale was announced, according to The Guardian.
It is currently owned by the state of Qatar via its sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority.
Harrods has returned to profits for the year ending 29 January 2022, revealing a £121.9 million increase in operating profit to £55.5 million. The luxury retailer's profit before tax totalled £41.7 million, up £99 million from £-57.3 million in 2020.
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Fayed was reportedly engaged to the American model when he started seeing Princess Diana.
In real life, Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed dated for a few months before their sad deaths in a vehicle collision in Paris in late August 1997. Dodi Fayed and their driver were killed on the spot, in the incident, while Diana died from her injuries hours later.
He reportedly benefited from a $100,000 monthly allowance given by his father, which funded his luxurious lifestyle. The younger Fayed's net worth has been claimed to be around $2 billion at the time of his death, but that's also the approximate net worth of his father.
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The former Harrods owner was a close friend of Princess Diana and the father of her boyfriend, Dodi Al Fayed. Mohamed Al Fayed has long been a prominent, and often controversial, figure in Britain.
It all started when Prince Philip announced he was withdrawing his royal warrant in 2000. "The warrant will not be renewed because of the significant decline in the trading relationship between the household and Harrods over several years," a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said at the time.
The ring reportedly was found in the wreckage of the Mercedes and given to Diana's sisters when they came to Paris to accompany her body back to England.
In the early hours of 31 August 1997, Diana and Fayed were killed in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma underpass in Paris. They had stopped in Paris en route to London after spending nine days on holiday in the French and Italian Rivieras aboard his family's yacht, the Jonikal. Neither was wearing a seat belt.
Samira died in 1986 of a heart attack.
"Dodi did not have time to get to her before she died. He travelled to Egypt but could not get there until the next day.
He left his then-fiancée for Diana.
Dodi was actually engaged to a model named Kelly Fisher in 1997, but he broke things off to be with Diana. Kelly wasn't too happy about this and actually sued Dodi for leaving her. She was represented by famous feminist lawyer Gloria Allred, per The Independent.
Mohamed Al Fayed leaves Westminster Abbey in London with his wife on Saturday September 6 1997, following the funeral service for Diana, Princess of Wales. Mr Fayed's son Dodi was killed along with the princess and their driver, Henri Paul, in a car crash in the Place de l'Alma tunnel in Paris on August 31.
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.