Omar Fayed
Omar Fayed | |
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عمر الفايد | |
| Born | October 1987 (age 36) London |
| Education | ACS International Schools |
| Occupation(s) | Environmentalist, publisher |
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| Relatives | Dodi Fayed (half-brother) |
Omar Fayed (Arabic: عمر الفايد; born October 1987)[1] is an environmentalist and publisher.[2][3][4] He is CEO of ESTEE (Earth Space Technical Ecosystem Enterprises), based in Switzerland and Britain, that advocates human space exploration, space colonization, and sustainable human development within the biosphere.[5] He is co-founder and CEO of EarthX,[6] a data visualization and mapping company based on NASA’s World Wind Project.[7] He is chairman of Synergetic Press based in New Mexico, and a fellow of the Institute of Ecotechnics.[8]
Fayed was ranked 75, in Arabian Business magazine's "Power 100" list in 2009.[9]
Career
Fayed started in business as a teenager trading commodities. In 2006, aged 19, he was appointed to the Harrods board and in ten subsidiary companies including Fulham F.C. and the Ritz Hotel in Paris.[10] Fayed was expected to take over as chairman of Harrods,[11] however he resigned in 2009 to pursue his studies for an MBA.[12] He expressed a desire to focus on environmental entrepreneurship instead, commenting in an interview, "that consumerist culture wasn’t doing anything positive for the future of humanity."[13] His father Mohamed Al-Fayed, subsequently sold Harrods in 2010,[14] to Qatar Holdings, the sovereign wealth fund of the emirate of Qatar, for £1.5 billion ($2.3 billion).[15]
Fayed is chairman of Biotecture, a provider of modular green wall systems,[13] that built large-scale living walls for the Walkie Talkie skyscraper in the City of London, and the Veolia recycling and energy recovery facility in Leeds. In 2014, he founded Living City, an initiative to connect and consult green enterprises and government projects.[16]
Omar Fayed is a director of the Ritz Hotel Paris, and the satirical magazine Punch. Punch ceased print publishing in 2002. Fayed continues to publish Punch posts via Facebook, as the page editor.[citation needed]
He was executive producer for the 2015 documentary film The Sunshine Makers, about the manufacture of the psychedelic compound LSD in the 1960s.[17]
References
- ^ Robinson, James (2006-11-19). "Omar, 19, joins Harrods board". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ "Fayed and Harrods: keep it in the family?". The Guardian. 3 December 2006.
- ^ "Untold stories in the death of a princess". camdennewjournal.com. Camden New Journal. 31 August 2017.
- ^ Isaac, Anna (3 April 2017). "Omar Fayed: Environmental impact as important as the bottom line". The Telegraph. The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "ABOUT – ESTEE". est2e.com. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ "Team". earthx.com. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ "Our-History". earthx.com. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ "Our Team - Synergetic Press | Regenerating People and the Planet". Synergetic Press | Regenerating People and the Planet. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ "Power 100 - Omar Al Fayed". ArabianBusiness.com. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ Robinson, James (2006-11-19). "Omar, 19, joins Harrods board". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ "30 Under 30 - Omar Al Fayed". ArabianBusiness.com. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ Sibun, Jonathan (2009-06-27). "Omar Fayed leaves Harrods". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
- ^ a b Isaac, Anna (2017-04-03). "Omar Fayed: 'I didn't want to become Mr Harrods'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ "Farewell Fayed". Financial Times. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
- ^ "Al Fayed sells off Harrods store". 2010-05-08. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
- ^ "Biotecture reports "huge" expansion in the Middle East". Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ Omar Fayed at IMDb