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Adnan Khashoggi
Adnan Khashoggi was a Saudi businessman and arms dealer known for his business dealings, extensive geopolitical influence, and opulent lifestyle, which earned him the moniker "The Great Gatsby of the Middle East". During his peak in the early 1980s, Khashoggi's net worth was estimated at around $4 billion, amassed through his pivotal role as an intermediary between Western defense companies and th…
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business · Saudi Arabian businessman and arms dealer (1935–2017) · arms trader · businessperson · entrepreneur · also Adnan Khashoggi, Khashoggi
Born 25 July 1935 · Died 6 June 2017 · Q359381
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2017· 3 entries
Northcountrypublicradio.org: Saudi Billionaire Arms Dealer Adnan Khashoggi Dies
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Died 2017-06-06.
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2008· 1 entry
And Khashoggi did not admit or deny the allegations
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2006· 1 entry
Khashoggi was sued by the U
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1991· 1 entry
Khashoggi made an extended appearance on the British television programme After Dark, discussing the Middle East alongside, among others, former Prime Minister Edward Heath and Lord Weidenfeld
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1990· 1 entry
A United States federal jury in Manhattan acquitted Khashoggi and Imelda Marcos, widow of the exiled Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, of racketeering and fraud
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1988· 1 entry
Khashoggi was arrested in Switzerland, accused of concealing funds, and held for three months
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1985· 2 entries
With host Robin Leach, which showcased Khashoggi's extravagant lifestyle
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Celebrity reporter Robin Leach reported Khashoggi threw a five-day birthday party in Vienna for his eldest son, and in his heyday, Khashoggi spent $250,000 a day to maintain his lifestyle
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1984· 1 entry
To airlift to safety 14,000 Ethiopian Jews from Sudan to Israel during a famine caused by the Ethiopian Civil War
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1980· 1 entry
Reported net worth: $4B (as of 1980).
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1974· 1 entry
And was assumed to be Adnan's, until a DNA test in 1999 revealed that her father was Conservative party politician Jonathan Aitken
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1961· 1 entry
Khashoggi married 20-year-old Englishwoman, Sandra Daly, who converted to Islam and took the name Soraya Khashoggi
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1935· 1 entry
Born 1935-07-25.
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