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Hadid is a "devout Muslim" and has never drunk alcohol.<ref name=hauteliving>{{cite news|last1=Farameh|first1=Patrice|title=Hadid’s Modern Masterpiece: Mohamed Hadid|url=http://hauteliving.com/2008/07/hadids-modern-masterpiece/3038/|accessdate=20 December 2015|work=[[Haute Living]]|date=1 July 2008}}</ref> |
Hadid is a "devout Muslim" and has never drunk alcohol.<ref name=hauteliving>{{cite news|last1=Farameh|first1=Patrice|title=Hadid’s Modern Masterpiece: Mohamed Hadid|url=http://hauteliving.com/2008/07/hadids-modern-masterpiece/3038/|accessdate=20 December 2015|work=[[Haute Living]]|date=1 July 2008}}</ref> |
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Hadid is engaged to Shiva Safai, a model and businesswoman. She was born in Iran and raised in Norway, and aged 19, moved to Los Angeles with her family.<ref name=naludamagazine>{{cite news|title=Interview and Photoshoot with Shiva Safai|url=http://www.naludamagazine.com/interview-and-photoshoot-with-shiva-safai/|accessdate=23 December 2015|work=naludamagazine|date=1 January 2015}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:38, 23 December 2015
Mohamed Hadid | |
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| Born | Mohamed Anwar Hadid 1948 (age 75–76) Nazareth, Mandatory Palestine (now Israel) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | MIT |
| Occupation | real estate developer |
| Years active | late 1970s-present |
| Spouse | Yolanda Foster (divorced) |
| Partner | Shiva Safai (engaged) |
| Children | 5, including Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid, and Anwar Hadid. Alana Hadid and Marielle Hadid from a previous marriage to Mary Butler. |
| Parent(s) | Anwar Hadid Khairiah Hadid |
| Website | http://www.mohamedhadid.com/ |
Mohamed Anwar Hadid (born 1948) is an American real estate developer, known for developing luxury hotels and building mansions, primarily in the Bel Air and Beverly Hills districts of Los Angeles.
Early life
Mohamed Anwar Hadid was born in Nazareth, Mandatory Palestine in 1948,[1] the son of Anwar Hadid (1908/09-1979) and his wife Khairiah.[2]
Anwar Hadid studied at a Jerusalem teachers' college in and attended a university in Syria to study law, before working in land settlement for the British authorities and teaching English at a teachers' college in Mandatory Palestine. In 1948, he moved to Syria and joined the United States Information Agency and the Voice of America. The family lived in Damascus, Tunis and Greece before moving to Washington DC, as Anwar had a job at the VOA headquarters there, when Mohamed was 14, and spent the rest of his career there with VOA and USIA as a writer, editor and translator.[2][3][4]
When his father died in 1979, Mohamed had a brother Mahmud, of Stuart, Florida, he and his brother Majid, were both living in McLean, Virginia, and five sisters, Raida Al-Hassan of Annandale, Maha Matar of Bethesda, and Ghada Harnden, Sana Hadid and Majida Hyatt, all of McLean.[2]
Career
He started his career restoring and reselling classic cars in Georgetown, before moving to Greece where he opened a nightclub on a Greek island, and with the profits, started developing real estate back in the US.[5]
In the 1980s, he bought the Ritz-Carlton hotels in New York and Washington for US$150 million.[3]
He developed Le Belvedere, a mansion in Bel Air, Los Angeles, that sold for $50 million in 2010. In 2012. He developed The Crescent Palace, a 48,000-square-foot home on an acre plot next door to the Beverly Hills Hotel, which he listed for sale at $58 million.[6]
In December 2015, Hadid was facing the possibility of jail, after the Los Angeles city council pursued criminal charges over a house that he is building broke multiple planning orders and was twice the permitted size.[7] The house is located at 901 Strada Vecchia in Bel Air.[8]
Personal life
He is divorced from Yolanda Foster, with whom he has three children including the models Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadid.
He has appeared in the TV show, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, as the friend of Lisa Vanderpump.[6]
Hadid is a "devout Muslim" and has never drunk alcohol.[5]
Hadid is engaged to Shiva Safai, a model and businesswoman. She was born in Iran and raised in Norway, and aged 19, moved to Los Angeles with her family.[9]
References
- ^ Jaffe, Harry (1 March 1988). "Unmasking the Mysterious Mohamed Hadid". Regardie's. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ a b c "COL. HOMAN, VETERAN OF 3 WARS, DIES". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ a b Tully, Shawn (31 July 1989). "The Big Moneymen of Palestine, Inc". Fortune. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ Warren Walsh, Sharon (24 April 1989). "Who is Mohamed Hadid?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ a b Farameh, Patrice (1 July 2008). "Hadid's Modern Masterpiece: Mohamed Hadid". Haute Living. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ a b Brennan, Morgan (28 June 2012). "Celebrity Developer Mohamed Hadid Asking $58 Million For Crescent Palace". Forbes. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ Tait, Robert (19 December 2015). "Bad airs in Bel-Air over house dubbed 'the starship enterprise'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ Lopez, Matt (December 1, 2014). "Did 901 Strada Vecchia In Bel-Air Violate Stop Work Order With Weekend Construction Work?". The Beverly Hills Courier. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ^ "Interview and Photoshoot with Shiva Safai". naludamagazine. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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