Hassan Jameel

Hassan Jameel is the middle son of Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel, who has been the chairman and president of the diversified international business Abdul Latif Jameel since 1993.[4][5][6] He is the grandson of Abdul Latif Jameel (1909–1993), who founded the eponymous company in 1945, and acquired distribution rights to Toyota vehicles in Saudi Arabia in 1955.[7][5][8][9][10]

Jameel spent his early school career in Japan.[6][11] He received a BA in International Economics from Sophia University in Tokyo in 2001.[11][12][13] He subsequently obtained an MBA from the London Business School.[6][14]

In 2004, Jameel trained at the Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan, in their domestic kaizen department.[6][14]

Following his period at Toyota, he returned to Saudi Arabia to work in the family-owned business Abdul Latif Jameel.[6][14][12] The company is a diversified conglomerate consisting of independent businesses that cover automotive distribution, auto parts manufacturing, financial services, renewable energy, environmental services, land and real estate development, logistics, electronics retailing, and media services.[15][14] It has operations in over a dozen countries in the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, Asia Pacific, and Europe.[14][6] It is one of the largest independent distributors of Toyota, Daihatsu, and Lexus vehicles in the world.[14][16][6][17]

Jameel is currently Deputy President and Vice Chairman of domestic Saudi Arabia operations of Abdul Latif Jameel, with responsibility for operations such as automotive, land and real estate, and machinery.[18][13][19]

He is on the Global Advisory Board, previously known as the President's Council, of the University of Tokyo.[20][21] He is also on the board of directors of Family Business Council-Gulf, the GCC chapter of the global family business organization Family Business Network.[22][23][24][25]

He sits on the board of MIT School of Engineering Dean's Advisory Council (DAC).[26]

Jameel is President of Community Jameel in Saudi Arabia, a consortium of Abdul Latif Jameel philanthropies formerly known as Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives and founded in 2003.[27][28][14] The nonprofit organization has a wide range of social and economic initiatives, including refugee education, job creation, poverty alleviation, food and water security, healthcare improvement, and education and training that supports students beyond the classroom.[18][13][28][10][29]

It also invests in businesses aimed at helping communities transform themselves.[28][29] Community Jameel also supports artists showcasing their work, and promotes arts and culture.[30][10][29][28] It partners with MIT on global challenges such as health treatment, water and food safety, education for refugees, and poverty elimination.[31][4][32][18][19] Bab Rizq Jameel Saudi Arabia, a division of Community Jameel, creates job opportunities for, and offers guidance to, young Saudi men and women, and also offers interest-free microfinance loans for entrepreneurship and job creation.[1][33][34] Jameel is particularly involved in Community Jameel's road safety initiative, which promotes safe driving through education and awareness campaigns.[35][18][12][13]

He is also involved in humanitarian programs with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[18]

In 2012, Jameel married Tunisian art critic, art curator, and Sotheby's international contemporary art specialist Lina Lazaar.[36][37][38][39][40] An activist promoter of Middle Eastern art, she founded Jeddah Art Week and co-founded Ibraaz.[39][41][38][42] The marriage ended in divorce.[36][37]

He dated musician and businesswoman Rihanna from 2017 to 2020.[15][43][44][45][46] Prior to that, Jameel was briefly linked to supermodel and businesswoman Naomi Campbell.[15]

Jameel is fluent in Arabic, English, and Japanese.[12][18] He is an art collector and a keen supporter of the arts.[47][6]

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