Omar Al-Fayed is an environmentalist and publisher. He is the half-brother of Dodi Fayed and the son of billionaire philanthropist Mohamed Al-Fayed. His father is the owner of the Hôtel Ritz Paris, and the former owner of Harrods and Fulham F.C. His father’s net worth was estimated to be about 1.9 Billion in November 2022. Omar’s brother Dodi Fayed was Diana, Princess of Wales’ romantic partner when they were both killed in a car crash in Paris.
Omar Al-Fayed: Bio Summary
| Full Name | Omar Al-Fayed |
| famous as | *Mohamed Al-Fayed’s daughter *Brother of Dodi Al-Fayed |
| Age | 36 years old as of 2023 |
| Date of Birth | October 1987 |
| Place of Birth | London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | English-Egyptian |
| Ethnicity | Arabian |
| Siblings | Camilla Al-Fayed, Jasmine Al-Fayed, Karim Al-Fayed, Dodi Fayed |
| Parents | Mohamed Al-Fayed, Heini Wathén |
Who is Omar Al-Fayed?
Omar Al-Fayed was born in October 1987 in London, United Kingdom. As of 2023, he is 36 years old. He is the son of Mohamed Al-Fayed and Finnish model Heini Wathén. He is the youngest of the family. Omar has three elder siblings aside from Dodi. They are Camilla Al-Fayed, Jasmine Al-Fayed, and Karim Al-Fayed. The youngest Fayed began his business career as a teenager trading commodities. In 2006, he was appointed to the board of Harrods and ten subsidiary companies, including Fulham F.C. and the Ritz Hotel in Paris, at the age of 19.
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Omar Al-Fayed is a businessman like his father
Omar was ranked 75, in Arabian Business magazine’s “Power 100” list in 2009. His father was featured at number 46 on Arabian Business’s Power List the previous year. At a very young age, Omar Al-Fayed is already leaving his mark in the business world.
He is the CEO of ESTEE (Earth Space Technical Ecosystem Enterprises), a Swiss and British organization that promotes human space exploration, space colonization, and sustainable human development within the biosphere. He is the co-founder and CEO of EarthX, a data visualization and mapping firm founded on NASA’s World Wind Project. He is the founder and chairman of Synergetic Press in New Mexico, as well as a fellow of the Institute of Ecotechnics.
Omar Al-Fayed and His sister Camilla Al-Fayed’s feud
Per Tatler, a feud that began in the gym of their billionaire father Mohamed Al Fayed’s mansion near Oxted has escalated into a £100,000 high court battle involving disputed accusations of drug use and theft. Per the outlet, Omar accuses his sister of stealing his phone and the sensitive business information on it, which he claims has yet to be returned. He denies being a heavy drug user, which she accuses him of. A judge has asked the siblings to settle their differences privately. So far, there appears to be no end in sight.
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Omar Has a Son
Omar Al-Fayed was expected to take over as chairman of Harrods, however, he resigned in 2009 to pursue his studies for an MBA and is now saving the planet, or at least making it a better place to live in. Since he left his father’s company in 2009, Dodi Fayed’s brother, Omar, lives in a Primrose Hill mews house he shares with his classical pianist partner, Anastasia Parker, and their six-year-old son, Albert. But he is determined to change that, Tatler revealed.
Talking about growing rich, He told the outlet, ‘With fortune and wealth comes responsibility.’ It’s not been easy, he adds: ‘Growing up in this kind of shroud of a realm and illusion of glamour is like a gilded prison in a way.’
Where is Dodi Fayed’s brother Omar Al-Fayed now?
Omar was about to turn 10 when his elder brother Dodi, 42, and Diana Princess of Wales, 36, died in a car accident. Just a few weeks before the sad incident, he’d been on the Fayed family yacht in St Tropez, with Prince William and Prince Harry, who were then 15 and 12, respectively.
“I met Princess Diana a few times and Princes William and Harry. They came to my dad’s house, too, and were super delightful. There were so many stories [in the newspapers] that came out of that period, but for the people who were in it, it was lovely family vibes,” he told Tatler. That said, he was so young he doesn’t remember much: “That whole period went a bit over my head“- He revealed.
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Omar Al-Fayed is busy managing his companies now. His company ESTEE’s vision, it says on the company website, is to ‘facilitate humanity’s settlement of other planets’. Venturing into space exploration, Omar has met Elon Musk. “I met Elon in California a few years ago and I admire his boldness and pioneering pathway,” he said
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