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Mahmoud Fustuq
Lebanese businessman (1936–2006) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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]
Controversy
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]
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