Mansour Ojjeh

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
  1. "Mansour Ojjeh". RichList 2012. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  2. List of companies related to Mansour Ojjeh - http://www.flixens.com/director/mansour-akram-ojjeh
  3. "Full details of Shareholders". companieshouse.gov.uk. Companies House. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. Reece, Damian (13 July 2003). "The billionaire widow toying with Cordiant". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  5. "People: Mansour Ojjeh". F1 News. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  6. "Doing Global Business". Menlo College. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  7. Noble, Jonathan. "McLaren shareholder Mansour Ojjeh recovering from lung transplant". autosport.com. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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