Mansour Akram Ojjeh (born 1952) (Arabic: منصور عجة) is a French Saudi Arabian-born[1] entrepreneur[2] who owns part of TAG, a Luxembourg-based holding company with interests worldwide. Ojjeh is the CEO of TAG, which owns 14.32% of the McLaren Group,[3] assets of which includes McLaren Automotive and the McLaren Formula One team.
He is the former owner of TAG Heuer. He also owns 10% of the upmarket jewellers Asprey and Garrard.[4]
Early life and education
Ojjeh was born in 1952 and is the son of Syrian born Saudi businessman Akram Ojjeh, son-in-law to Mustafa Tlass . His mother was French and he spent much of his childhood in France. He attended schools in the United States, graduating in 1974 with a degree in Business Administration from Menlo College in California.[5][6]
Health issues
In late 2013 Ojjeh had a double lung transplant after suffering with IPF lung disease for the previous four years, returning to full health in 2014. [7]
References
- ^ "Mansour Ojjeh". RichList 2012. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ List of companies related to Mansour Ojjeh - http://www.flixens.com/director/mansour-akram-ojjeh
- ^ "Full details of Shareholders". companieshouse.gov.uk. Companies House. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ Reece, Damian (13 July 2003). "The billionaire widow toying with Cordiant". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "People: Mansour Ojjeh". F1 News. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Doing Global Business". Menlo College. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan. "McLaren shareholder Mansour Ojjeh recovering from lung transplant". autosport.com. Retrieved 17 November 2016.