The Qatari sheikh looking for management of Manchester United is the low-profile son of one among the richest males in the Gulf with prepared entry to the billions wanted to make the audacious bid work.
Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, who is in his early 40s, has additionally maintained the credentials of self-discipline and discretion wanted to get the Qatari institution behind the tiny state’s newest headline-grabbing operation.
“If he has gone public with this bid, then you definately will be assured that everybody from the emir down needs this to work,” said a top executive with a multi-national company that has been dealing with Qatar for decades.
“Qatar has held the World Cup and now it has to follow it up,” he added, talking on situation of anonymity due to the sensitivity of constructing public feedback in Qatar.
News of the bid for one among the world’s most well-known golf equipment was reported in the Gulf state on Saturday with strictly factual reporting of Sheikh Jassim’s assertion.
The deal may value greater than $5 billion and the announcement didn’t say the place the cash would come from. Sheikh Jassim has robust connections, nonetheless, to the seemingly bottomless pockets which have made Qatar one among the world’s high traders.
The sheikh, the son of former Qatari prime minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, is the longstanding chairman of Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) and was educated at Sandhurst, the elite British army academy.
His bid assertion mentioned he graduated as an “officer cadet”.
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A Life Long Manchester United fan
It also stated that Jassim is “a life-long Manchester United fan” however gave few different particulars.
The sheikh was born in 1982, the yr that QIB was established. He joined the financial institution’s board in his early 20s and has been chairman for a lot of QIB’s rise to turn into a number one Islamic monetary establishment.
As Qatar’s wealth has skyrocketed, QIB has launched women-only financial institution branches and sharia-compliant insurance coverage and different merchandise for girls.
It has additionally helped construct large purchasing malls and the sheikh’s uncommon public feedback have targeting reaffirming the financial institution’s dedication to its “diversification” away from oil and gas and bolstering its private sector.
QIB, which has $50 billion in assets, posted a net profit of over $1 billion in 2022, more than 12 per cent up on the year and has shown a dramatic increase in the past decade.
Sheikh Jassim cut his banking teeth as a board member until 2017 at international giant Credit Suisse, where the Qatar Investment Authority, the state sovereign wealth fund, is the second biggest shareholder.
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The would-be football supremo is one of the 15 children of Sheikh Hamad, prime minister from 2007 to 2013, who set up the investment fund that bankrolled the purchase of Paris Saint-Germain football club and London landmarks such as Harrods department store and the Shard skyscraper.
Sheikh Hamad, who is known as HBJ, was close to the former emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who was instrumental in Qatar’s massive investment in major sports events such as the World Cup and buying into clubs and sports rights.
Sheikh Hamad has his own business empire which has made him a billionaire and is known to be passionate about football.
Qatar’s ownership of Paris Saint-Germain could prove a block to Sheikh Jassim’s ambitions to take over Manchester United. European governing body UEFA does not allow two clubs competing in the same competition to be owned by the same entity.
Qatar’s advisers have expressed confidence, however, that any objections to another English Premier League club falling under Middle East control can be overcome.
The Qatari bid faces opposition from British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, the only other bidder to have officially declared an interest.
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