DOHA: The Qatari sheikh seeking control of Manchester United is the low-profile son of one of the richest men in the Gulf with ready access to the billions needed to make the audacious bid work. Sheikh Jassim Hamad Al Thani, who is in his early 40s, has also maintained the credentials of discipline and dis
DOHA: The Qatari sheikh seeking control of Manchester United is the low-profile son of one of the richest men in the Gulf with ready access to the billions needed to make the audacious bid work.
"Qatar has held the World Cup and now it has to follow it up," he added, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of making public comments in Qatar. The sheikh was born in 1982, the year that QIB was established. He joined the bank's board in his early 20s and has been chairman for much of QIB's rise to become a leading Islamic financial institution.
QIB, which has US$50 billion in assets, posted a net profit of more than US$1 billion in 2022, more than 12 per cent up on the year and having shown a dramatic increase in the past decade.
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