Mohamed Hadid

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Mohamed Hadid
Born Mohamed Anwar Hadid
(1948-11-06) November 6, 1948 (age 75)
Nazareth (now Israel)
Residence Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California, US
Citizenship Jordan[1]
United States[1]
Alma mater North Carolina State University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation Real estate developer
Years active Late 1970s–present
Known for Developing mansions in Bel Air and Beverly Hills
Spouse(s) Mary Butler (divorced)
Yolanda Hadid (divorced)
Partner(s) Shiva Safai
Children 5; including Gigi and Bella
Parent(s) Anwar Hadid
Khairiah Hadid
Website http://www.mohamedhadid.com/

Mohamed Anwar Hadid (Arabic: محمد حديد) (born 6 November[2] 1948)[3] is a Jordanian-American real estate developer known for building luxury hotels and mansions, primarily in the Bel Air neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills in Los Angeles County, California.

Early life

Mohamed Anwar Hadid was born in Nazareth[1] in 1948, the son of Anwar Hadid (1908/09–1979) and his wife Khairiah.[4]

His father, Anwar Hadid studied at a Jerusalem teachers' college and attended a university[which?] in Syria to study law, before working in land settlement for the British authorities and teaching English at a teachers' college in Mandatory Palestine. In 1948, he moved to Syria and joined the United States Information Agency and the Voice of America. He and his family lived in Damascus, Tunisia, and Greece before moving to Washington D.C., as Anwar had a job at the VOA headquarters there, when Mohamed was 14, and spent the rest of his career there with VOA and USIA as a writer, editor and translator.[4][5][6]

Hadid has two brothers, Mahmud and Majid, and five sisters, Raida Al-Hassan, Maha Matar, Ghada Harnden, Sana Hadid, and Majida Hyatt.[4]

Hadid attended North Carolina State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]

Career

He started his career restoring and reselling classic cars in Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., before moving to Greece where he opened a nightclub on an island, and with the profits, started developing real estate back in the US.[7]

In the 1980s, he bought the Ritz-Carlton hotels in New York and Washington for US$150 million.[5] He out-maneuvered Donald Trump and was able to acquire the Aspen, Colorado Ritz property. Trump's reaction was indignant, and claimed that Hadid (who he said was a 'very nice man') pays too much for property.[6]

He developed Le Belvedere, a mansion in Bel Air, Los Angeles,[8] that sold for $50 million in 2010. In 2012. He developed The Crescent Palace, a 48,000-square-foot home on an acre plot next door to the Beverly Hills Hotel, which he listed for sale at $58 million.[9]

Shortly after Hadid received approval for the construction of his megamansion in Bel Air, the Bel-Air Homeowners Alliance, chaired by Fred Rosen, was formed to oppose it.[8] In January 2015, Nancy Walton Laurie, an heiress to the Walmart fortune and Bel Air resident, filed a lawsuit through her company, LW Partnership, against Hadid.[10] Laurie accused Hadid of damaging the roots of a eucalyptus tree on her property with a retaining wall he built next to her house.[10]

In December 2015, the Los Angeles city council voted to pursue criminal charges over a claim that he violated local zoning laws. Allegedly he built his house contrary to multiple planning orders and made it twice the permitted size. These charges include a possible jail sentence.[11] The house is located at 901 Strada Vecchia in Bel Air.[12]

Hadid has appeared in the TV show, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, as the friend of Lisa Vanderpump.[9] He has also appeared on Shahs of Sunset.[8]

Personal life

His first wife was Mary Butler, with whom he had two daughters, Alana Hadid and Marielle Hadid. They split up in 1992.[13][14]

Hadid competed in speed skiing the 1992 Winter Olympics, representing Jordan.[1] He is a dual Jordanian-American citizen.[1]

He is divorced from his second wife, Yolanda Hadid, with whom he has three children, all models: Gigi Hadid (born April 23, 1995), Bella Hadid (born October 9, 1996),[14] and Anwar Hadid.[15]

Hadid is a "devout Muslim" and has never drunk alcohol, yet has a 5,000-bottle wine cellar, including some from his own Beverly Hills winery.[7]

As of 2014, Hadid is engaged to Shiva Safai, a model and businesswoman. She was born in Iran and raised in Norway, and at age 19, moved to Los Angeles with her family.[16]

References

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External links

Official website