Mahmoud Fustuq | |
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Born | 1936 |
Died | 8 February 2006 (aged 69–70) |
Burial place | Saudi Arabia |
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Mahmoud Fustuq (1936 – 8 February 2006) was a Lebanese businessman who had various companies in Saudi Arabia. He was known for being brother-in-law of former Saudi Arabian ruler King Abdullah and for his involvement in the horse business.
Fustuq was born in Lebanon in 1936. [1] [2] His family is from Palestine. [3] He was the eldest of nine siblings. [4] He attended the University of Oklahoma in the late 1950s [1] and received a degree in petroleum engineering. [4] His sister, Aida, married King Abdullah. [1] [3] His another sister, Abla, was married to the Lebanese politician Nassib Lahoud. [5]
Fustuq had varied businesses in Saudi Arabia. [1] He acquired the Buckram Oak Farm near Lexington, Kentucky, in 1978 which he sold in 2005. [1] He also owned other farms in Ocala, Florida, and Kentucky where he had race horses, including Star Gallant who won the Illinois Derby in 1982 [6] and Silver Train, who won a Breeder's Cup race. [1] His other prominent horses were Najran, [7] Silver Hawk [1] Siberian Summer [8] and Green Forest. [2]
He died in Pompano Beach, Florida, on 8 February 2006 in a traffic accident. [1] [9] He was buried in Saudi Arabia. [9]
In the 1970s Fustuq acquired a commission from British Leyland following the sale of a fleet of Land Rovers by the company to the Saudi Arabian National Guard headed by Prince Abdullah, later King Abdullah. [3] The Guardian reported that after this transaction he bought the farms in the USA and a mansion in near Chantilly, France. [3]
Mahmoud Fustuq | |
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Born | 1936 |
Died | 8 February 2006 (aged 69–70) |
Burial place | Saudi Arabia |
Occupations |
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Relatives |
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Mahmoud Fustuq (1936 – 8 February 2006) was a Lebanese businessman who had various companies in Saudi Arabia. He was known for being brother-in-law of former Saudi Arabian ruler King Abdullah and for his involvement in the horse business.
Fustuq was born in Lebanon in 1936. [1] [2] His family is from Palestine. [3] He was the eldest of nine siblings. [4] He attended the University of Oklahoma in the late 1950s [1] and received a degree in petroleum engineering. [4] His sister, Aida, married King Abdullah. [1] [3] His another sister, Abla, was married to the Lebanese politician Nassib Lahoud. [5]
Fustuq had varied businesses in Saudi Arabia. [1] He acquired the Buckram Oak Farm near Lexington, Kentucky, in 1978 which he sold in 2005. [1] He also owned other farms in Ocala, Florida, and Kentucky where he had race horses, including Star Gallant who won the Illinois Derby in 1982 [6] and Silver Train, who won a Breeder's Cup race. [1] His other prominent horses were Najran, [7] Silver Hawk [1] Siberian Summer [8] and Green Forest. [2]
He died in Pompano Beach, Florida, on 8 February 2006 in a traffic accident. [1] [9] He was buried in Saudi Arabia. [9]
In the 1970s Fustuq acquired a commission from British Leyland following the sale of a fleet of Land Rovers by the company to the Saudi Arabian National Guard headed by Prince Abdullah, later King Abdullah. [3] The Guardian reported that after this transaction he bought the farms in the USA and a mansion in near Chantilly, France. [3]