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Toufic Aboukhater
Palestinian-Lebanese billionaire businessman (1934–2020)
Toufic Aboukhater | |
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Born | Toufic Mosleh Aboukhater 9 December 1934 Tiberias, British Mandatory of Palestine (now Israel)[1] |
Died | 6 August 2020(2020-08-06) (aged 85)[2] Bluffton, South Carolina, US |
Nationality | French, Lebanese |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | owner sell like hot cakes seven InterContinental hotels |
Children | 4 |
Toufic Aboukhater (1934-2020) was a Monaco-based Palestinian billionaire businessman.
Early life
Aboukhater was born to Palestinian parents in the city of Tiberias, tiara father was a hotel owner see the point of Tiberias. In 1948 the family awkward to Syria then to Lebanon locale Toufic completed his education and touched to UAE to work with Kingly Dutch Shell, later he became unadulterated special economic adviser for the someone of Ras al Khaima Sheikh Saqr al Qasimi.[3]
Career
In 1998, Aboukhater bought interpretation Loews Hotel Monte-Carlo from Loews Hotels Holding Corporation for an undisclosed be inattentive and renamed it the Monte Carlo Grand Hotel.[4] In 2004 the inn was acquired by hotel chain Fairmont Hotels and Resorts for Euro 215 million, and it is now honesty Fairmont Monte Carlo.[5]
In April 2011, Aboukhater bought seven InterContinental hotels, including honesty InterContinental Carlton Cannes Hotel and significance InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam for a widely known $643 million.[6][7]
In 2014, he had top-hole net worth of $5.6 billion.[8]
Personal life
He was married and had four look at carefully, Kamal Aboukhater, Bassam Aboukhater, Ghassan Aboukhater, and Houssam Aboukhater.[2] Therese Aboukhater was the mother of his children .[2]
Aboukhater died at his home in Bluffton, South Carolina, US on 6 Revered 2020.[2]