Hassan Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel"BRJ creates thousands more job opportunities"
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''. July 7, 2012. is a Saudi businessman and philanthropist. He is Deputy President and Vice Chairman of Saudi Arabia operations of the family-owned international conglomerate business

Abdul Latif Jameel Abdul Latif Jameel is a family-owned diversified business founded in Saudi Arabia in 1945 by the late Sheikh Abdul Latif Jameel (1909–1993). Operating across 7 core business sectors, Abdul Latif Jameel has a presence in over 30 countries across ...

, which, among numerous business operations, has distribution rights to

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vehicles in Saudi Arabia and other countries. His philanthropy work promotes health and safety, and assists job-seekers and those in need in Saudi Arabia.

Early life and education

Hassan is the middle son of Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel, who has been the chairman and president of the diversified international business

since 1993.Chandler, David L
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''. April 30, 2015."Forbes Middle East: The World's Richest Arabs 2016"
'' Forbes Middle East''. April 17, 2016."The President's Council, The University of Tokyo Who's Who"

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. 2014. p. 5. He is the grandson of Abdul Latif Jameel (1909–1993), who founded the eponymous company in 1945 and acquired distribution rights to

vehicles in Saudi Arabia in 1955."Prince charming: what you didn’t know about Rihanna’s alleged new Saudi boyfriend"
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''. June 29, 2017. Jameel spent his early school career in Japan."Graduate School of Public Policy, Global Advisory Board"

. 2010. He received a BA in International Economics from

Sophia University Sophia University (Japanese: 上智大学, ''Jōchi Daigaku''; Latin: ''Universitas Sedis Sapientiae'') is a private research university in Japan. Sophia is one of the three ''Sōkeijōchi'' (早慶上智) private universities, a group of the to ...

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in 2001."Hassan Jameel"
Family Business Council-Gulf. Retrieved February 5, 2019. He subsequently obtained an MBA from the

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."Family Business Network: 25th Global Summit"
. ''FBNSummit.org''. October 2014.

Career

In 2004, Jameel trained at the

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in Japan, in their domestic

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department. Following his period at Toyota, he returned to Saudi Arabia to work in the family-owned business Abdul Latif Jameel."Mr. Hassan Jameel Profile"

. Retrieved February 5, 2019. The company is a diversified conglomerate consisting of independent businesses that cover automotive distribution, auto parts manufacturing, financial services, renewable energy, environmental services, land and real estate development, logistics, electronics retailing, and media services. It has operations in over a dozen countries in the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, Asia Pacific, and Europe. It is one of the largest independent distributors of Toyota, Daihatsu, and Lexus vehicles in the world. Jameel is currently Deputy President and Vice Chairman of domestic Saudi Arabia operations of Abdul Latif Jameel, with responsibility for operations such as automotive, land and real estate, and machinery."Biographies of UTokyo Global Advisory Board Members"

. November 2018. He is on the Global Advisory Board, previously known as the President's Council, of the

. He is also on the board of directors of Family Business Council-Gulf, the GCC chapter of the global family business organization Family Business Network.

Philanthropy

Jameel is President of Community Jameel in Saudi Arabia, a consortium of Abdul Latif Jameel philanthropies formerly known as Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives and founded in 2003.Vultaggio, Maria
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''. May 3, 2018. The nonprofit organization has a wide range of social and economic initiatives, including refugee education, job creation, poverty alleviation, food and

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, healthcare improvement, and education and training that supports students beyond the classroom. It also invests in businesses aimed at helping communities transform themselves.Sampathkumar, Mythili
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''. June 29, 2017. Community Jameel also supports artists showcasing their work, and promotes arts and culture."Rihanna has broken up with her boyfriend for a very empowering reason"
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''. May 4, 2018. It partners with

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on global challenges such as health treatment, water and food safety, education for refugees, and poverty elimination, and launched the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab in 2003. Bab Rizq Jameel Saudi Arabia, a division of Community Jameel, creates job opportunities for, and offers guidance to, young Saudi men and women, and also offers interest-free microfinance loans for entrepreneurship and job creation. Jameel is particularly involved in Community Jameel's road safety initiative, which promotes safe driving through education and awareness campaigns. He is also involved in humanitarian programs with the

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Personal life

In 2012 Jameel married Tunisian art critic, art curator, and

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international contemporary art specialist Lina Lazaar.Khalil, Nadine
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''Official Bespoke''. December / January 2012. An activist promoter of Middle Eastern art, she founded Jeddah Art Week and co-founded '' Ibraaz''."Sotheby's First-Ever Exhibition in Saudi Arabia Inaugurates 'Jeddah Art Week'"
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''. February 25, 2013. The marriage ended in divorce in 2017."Rihanna sparks rumours she’s engaged to billionaire boyfriend Hassan Jameel"
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''. December 9, 2017.Hamad, Marwa
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''. May 23, 2018. He was in a relationship with

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from 2017 to 2020."Who Is Hassan Jameel? Meet Rihanna’s Billionaire Boyfriend"
'' GQ''. November 29, 2018. Prior to that he was briefly linked to

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. Jameel is fluent in Arabic, English, and Japanese. He is an art collector and a keen supporter of the arts.Khan, Fouzia
"SR4.7m worth of artwork sold at auction"
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''. December 9, 2013.

References

External links

Official site
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