14 Facts About Hassan Jameel

Hassan Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel is a Saudi businessman and philanthropist.

Hassan Jameel is deputy president and vice chairman of Saudi Arabia operations at the international conglomerate Abdul Latif Jameel.

Hassan Jameel is the middle son of Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel, chairman and president of Abdul Latif Jameel.

Hassan Jameel is the grandson of Abdul Latif Jameel, who founded the eponymous company in 1945 and acquired distribution rights to Toyota vehicles in Saudi Arabia in 1955.

Hassan Jameel subsequently obtained an MBA from the London Business School.

In 2004, Jameel trained in the domestic kaizen department of the Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan.

Hassan Jameel currently serves as deputy president and vice chairman of domestic Saudi Arabia operations.

In 2011, Jameel met with R J Scaringe, the founder of the small auto-manufacturing startup Rivian.

Hassan Jameel asked Scaringe to produce an electric pickup truck, and Abdul Latif Hassan Jameel made a large investment in Rivian, and became Rivian's largest investor.

Hassan Jameel is vice chairman of Community Hassan Jameel, an international philanthropic organization founded in 2003 that promotes such social and economic initiatives as refugee education, job creation, poverty alleviation, food and water security, and healthcare improvement.

Hassan Jameel is involved in humanitarian programs with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Hassan Jameel is an art collector and keen supporter of the arts.

Hassan Jameel married Tunisian art critic and Ibraaz co-founder Lina Lazaar in 2012.

Hassan Jameel was in a relationship with Rihanna from 2017 to 2020.