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'''Mohamed 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. He has an estimated net worth of US$200 million. |
'''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. He has an estimated net worth of US$200 million. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Mohamed Hadid was born in [[Nazareth]] in 1948, the son of a former literature professor who worked for ''[[Voice of America]]''.<ref name=Fortune>{{cite news|last1=Tully|first1=Shawn|title=The Big Moneymen of Palestine, Inc.|url=http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/07/31/72291/index.htm|accessdate=20 December 2015|work=Fortune|date=31 July 1989}}</ref> He grew up in Damascus and Beirut, and aged 14 moved to Washington DC, as his father had a job at VOA headquarters there.<ref name=Fortune /> |
Mohamed Anwar Hadid<ref name=Regardies>{{cite news|last1=Jaffe|first1=Harry|title=Unmasking the Mysterious Mohamed Hadid|url=http://www.harryjaffe.com/archive/unmasking-the-mysterious-mohamed-hadid|accessdate=20 December 2015|work=[[Regardie's]]|date=1 March 1988}}</ref> was born in [[Nazareth]] in 1948, the son of a former literature professor who worked for ''[[Voice of America]]''.<ref name=Fortune>{{cite news|last1=Tully|first1=Shawn|title=The Big Moneymen of Palestine, Inc.|url=http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/07/31/72291/index.htm|accessdate=20 December 2015|work=Fortune|date=31 July 1989}}</ref> He grew up in Damascus and Beirut, and aged 14 moved to Washington DC, as his father had a job at VOA headquarters there.<ref name=Fortune /> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Mohamed Hadid | |
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| Born | Mohamed Anwar Hadid 1948 (age 75–76) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | real estate developer |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Gigi Hadid Bella 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. He has an estimated net worth of US$200 million.
Early life
Mohamed Anwar Hadid[1] was born in Nazareth in 1948, the son of a former literature professor who worked for Voice of America.[2] He grew up in Damascus and Beirut, and aged 14 moved to Washington DC, as his father had a job at VOA headquarters there.[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.[3]
In the 1980s, he bought the Ritz-Carlton hotels in New York and Washington for US$150 million.[2]
He developed Le Belvedere a mansion in Bel Air, Los Angeles, that sold for $50 million in 2010. In 2012, The Crescent Palace, a 48,000 sq ft home on an acre plot next door to the Beverly Hills Hotel, which he developed was listed for sale at $58 million. Hadid says that he built it for himself, but decided to sell it.[4]
In December 2015, Hadid was facing the possiblity 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.[5] The house is located at 901 Strada Vecchia in Bel Air.[6]
Hadid has an estimated net worth of US$200 million.[7]
Personal life
He was married to Yolanda Foster from 1994 until their divorce in 2000. They have three children together, 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.[4]
Hadid is a "devout Muslim" and has never drunk alcohol.[3]
References
- ^ Jaffe, Harry (1 March 1988). "Unmasking the Mysterious Mohamed Hadid". Regardie's. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ a b c Tully, Shawn (31 July 1989). "The Big Moneymen of Palestine, Inc". Fortune. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ a b Farameh, Patrice (1 July 2008). "Hadid's Modern Masterpiece: Mohamed Hadid". hauteliving. 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.
- ^ "Mohamed Hadid Net Worth". celebritynetworth. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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