Karim Al-Fayed: Where is Dodi Fayed's Half brother now?

Karim Al-Fayed is the son of Billionaire philanthropist Mohamed Al-Fayed and also the half-brother of Dodi Fayed. Karim Al-Fayed’s father has an estimated net worth of US$1.9 billion and is ranked at no. 1,512 in the world as pf Novermber 2022. Karim’s father is the owner of  Hôtel Ritz Paris and formerly Harrods department store and Fulham F.C. His brother Dodi was the romantic partner of Diana, Princess of Wales, when they both were killed in a car crash in Paris.

Karim Al-Fayed: Bio Summary

Who is Karim Al-Fayed?

Karim Al-Fayed was born in September 1983 in  London, United Kingdom per Famechain. As of 2023, he is 40 years old. He is the son of Egyptian-born businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed and former model Heini Wathén. Aside from Karim, the couple also has three other children- They are Camilla Al-Fayed, Jasmine Al-Fayed, and Omar Al-Fayed. Karim is the second child of the couple.

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Per Evening Standard, Karim is profoundly deaf, a result of contracting meningitis when he was a toddler- 2 years old-, and admits that as a schoolboy he had to work hard on his self-confidence. His shyness is a consequence of his disability, Karim was never the type to hang out at celebrity parties.

“Learning to speak was a very important part of my life,” he told Evening Standard. As a child, the son of Mohamed Al-Fayed would watch repeats of his favorite television shows with his mother until he’d “got” the precise facial movements and could utter the words.

“I’d watch for hours until I knew exactly what people were saying. Then I could study their mouths and work it out. I’ve overcome this and life is completely normal but I have had to work hard.“- He explained further to the Outlet.

Karim’s mother, Heini Wathén is a retired model. After winning several beauty pageants in Finland at the age of 17, the beauty queen signed with a modeling agency. She also competed in Miss Finland but did not advance to the finals. his late brother, Dodi Fayed introduced his mother Wathén to their father, Mohamed Al-Fayed, who later started dating her and they eventually got married in 1985. His father was previously married to Samira Khashoggi- Dodi’s mother.

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Karim Al-Fayed was 13 when his brother Dodi died

Karim was sent as a boarder to the Mary Hare grammar school for deaf children in Newbury, Berkshire when he was 11 years old. The school is regarded as one of the best in the UK.

He was just 13 years old and at the boarding school when his elder half-brother Dodi died. “I wasn’t really aware of what was going on [with Dodi and Diana],” he told Standard about his brother. “I mean, Dodi was busy, and I was at school. We both had our own lives.” His father has said that Diana and Dodi “were executed by MI6 agents“.

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“Everyone has their own theories, even today,” Karim Al-Fayed told the outlet while talking about his brother’s sad passing, refusing either to endorse or deny his father’s well-known views on the cause of the Paris car crash. “But [Dodi] was a good brother. He loved me, he looked after me. I just didn’t grow up with him.“

Karim Al-Fayed was the director of Fulham FC and runs a deaf football team

Though he is the son of a Billionaire, Karim has been working very hard. “My father has always said that we have to work. It doesn’t matter how much you’ve got, you still have to work to understand the value of it.”- He told Standard. Per Sources, Karim Al-Fayed was appointed the director of Fulham Football Club in 2005 and he resigned in 2013.

Karim was also the managing director of Faymodo Properties Limited in 2015 but let go of the position about a year later. He has been the director for Harrods Aviation (Stansted) Limited since 2011 and resigned in January 2023. Karim Al-Fayed was also the director of Lonely Rock Productions Limited, he took over in 2012. “I am the founder of Lonely Rock Sports Management, manager of the soccer market between Brazil and Europe“- He told Revistaportfolio.

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He also runs the Karim Fayed Hearing Centre. A one-stop clinic for people with mild hearing loss, which offers free tests and makes bespoke hearing aids. Per Evening Standard, half the profits from the Karim Fayed Hearing Centre will go to the Mary Hare school.

Karim is also Photographer, He picked up his first camera and began taking photos at the age of 11. “Having a camera is like having a third eye. If you can’t hear, perhaps you focus your efforts on seeing. I think my visual sense, and certainly my visual memory, is perhaps heightened.“- He told Evening Standard. Karim now describes himself as a photographer and filmmaker rather than a businessman. Karim Al-Fayed was dating Brazilian model Brenda Costa, they separated in 2014 per Epoca‘s report.

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