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Introduction
Nasser Al-Khelaifi is a Qatari businessman and the chairman of beIN Media Group, chairman of Qatar Sports Investments, president of Paris Saint-Germain and the Qatar Tennis Federation, and vice president of the Asian Tennis Federation for West Asia.
Al-Khelaifi is the president and chief executive officer of Paris Saint-Germain in France. He is also a member of the organizing committee for the FIFA Club World Cup and has been elected as the chairman of the European Club Association (ECA).
Early life
| Name | Nasser Al-Khelaifi |
| Net Worth | $8 billion |
| Salary | $50 million+ |
| Occupation | Businessman, Chairman, President/CEO of PSG |
| Age | 48 years |
| Height | 1.83m |
Nasser bin Ghanim Al-Khelaifi was born on November 12, 1973 (age 48 years) in Doha, Qatar. He is the second son born by his parents. His father Ghanem Al-Khelaifi was a pearl fisherman. Al-Khelaifi graduated with an Economics Degree from Qatar University. He also has a post-graduate degree in Maritime Studies from the University of Piraeus.
Al-Khelaifi stands at an appealing height of 1.83m and has a good body weight which suits his personality. He turned into a professional tennis player in 1992. He hasn’t shared much information related to his brother Khalid Al-Khelaifi.
Tennis career
Nasser Al-Khelaifi was the second most successful member of the Qatar Davis Cup team after Sultan Khalfan as a tennis professional, playing 43 times between 1992 and 2002 and compiling a 12–31 record in singles, 12–16 in doubles.
Al-Khelaifi appeared twice on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) main tour, losing each time in his first-round matches in St. Pölten in 1996 (where he lost to former French Open Champion Thomas Muster) and in Doha in 2002. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 995 in late 2002. He also won the GCC Team Tournament.
Post-playing career
Nasser Al-Khelaifi has been president of the Qatar Tennis Federation (QTF) since November 2008. In 2011, he was elected vice-president of the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) for West Asia.
Business career: Qatar Sports Investments
Nasser Al-Khelaifi has been chairman of Qatar Sports Investments (QSi) since June 2011. QSi is a sovereign wealth fund dedicated to investments in the sport and leisure industry on a national and international level.
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Al-Khelaifi became the chairman of the board of PSG and also CEO of the club following the QSi acquisition of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football club in June 2011, reinforcing Qatari interest in French football. QSi has several other high-profile partnerships. QSi also owns the Burrda sportswear brand.
Paris Saint-Germain
Nasser Al-Khelaifi became the new president and chief executive officer of Paris Saint-Germain on 7 October 2011. Shortly after being named president, he presented a five-year plan to take Paris Saint-Germain to the top of the tree in France and abroad. As part of the long-term plan for the club, Al-Khelaifi brought in former footballer Leonardo as the new director of football.
Al-Khelaifi initially demanded a major trophy haul for the 2011–12 season, PSG was soon eliminated from the UEFA Europa League and both domestic cups, leaving the team only able to spend $130 million on players. PSG failed to dominate, and lost out to eventual winners Montpellier, though they qualified for the UEFA Champions League by finishing second.
In the 2012–13 season, PSG won the Ligue 1 title and also made it to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, thanks partly to the goalscoring of newly signed striker, Zlatan Ibrahimović. They eventually lost in a two-legged tie to FC Barcelona on away goals.
In the 2013–14 season, PSG again finished top of Ligue 1 with a record total of 89 points. They reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League where they lost to Chelsea 3–3 on aggregate, again going out only on the away goals rule.
In the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, they lost to Manchester United at home after leading with two goals at Old Trafford in the first leg. PSG lost at home 1–3 (3–3 on aggregate) and was knocked out by the away-goal rule.
In June 2012, QSi acquired the Paris Handball Club and merged it with the PSG sports franchise to create a wider and more competitive sports offer for the city of Paris. Since 2012, Paris Saint-Germain Handball has won the LNH Division 1 five times, while reaching the EHF Champions League final in 2016–17 and the semi-finals in 2015–16 and 2017–18.
beIN Media Group
On 31 December 2013, Al Jazeera Sport’s global operations were spun out of Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) and rebranded as beIN Sports. A few months later, beIN Media Group was incorporated and became the official owner of beIN Sports branded networks as well as all other non-news and current affairs assets originally belonging to AJMN.
beIN Sports has 22 channels, including 17 HD channels, and broadcasts across the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, North America, Australia, and Asia. The strategy, aside from building the beIN premium sports network, is to develop the group’s ambitions in sports and entertainment in the production, distribution, and digital media sectors.
Politics
In November 2013, Nasser Al-Khelaifi was made minister without portfolio in the Qatari government by the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim.
Legal trouble and controversy
In October 2017, the Swiss courts opened an investigation against Nasser Al-Khelaifi for suspicion of private corruption in the allocation of television rights for the World Cups 2026 and 2030 for the Middle East and North Africa international media market. In March 2019, Al-Khelaifi was placed under the status of witness assisted by the French courts.
On 23 May 2019, Nasser Al-Khelaifi was indicted for active bribery in an investigation into the 2017 and 2019 Doha nominations for the World Championships in Athletics. “These facts do not concern him”, pleads his lawyer who contends that Nasser Al-Khelaifi is innocent.
In February 2020, Swiss prosecutors replaced the charge of bribery by indicting Al-Khelaifi for “inciting Jérôme Valcke to commit aggravated criminal mismanagement.” On 27 March 2020, the Swiss Federal Court rejected the prosecution’s latest indictment against Al-Khelaifi for “inciting Jérôme Valcke to commit criminal mismanagement”, stating that “these conditions of mismanagement are absent from the OAG’s Swiss prosecution’s accusation”.
On 14 September 2020, the Swiss Federal Court started to prosecute Al-Khelaifi, due to “aggravated criminal mismanagement”, based on charges related to a meeting on 24 October 2013, at the French headquarters of beIN Media Group, in which Al-Khelaifi allegedly promised to purchase a villa in Sardinia for €5m, to be utilized by Valcke, in exchange to granting the 2026 and 2030 World Cups screening rights to beIN Media Group. Al-Khelaifi was also acquitted of this indictment by the court in October 2020. Prosecutors plan to appeal the ruling.
On 9 March 2022, after Paris Saint-Germain‘s 1–3 away loss (2–3 aggregate score) to Real Madrid in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League round of 16, Nasser Al-Khelaifi allegedly assaulted a linesman and broke his flag and threatened a Madrid employee with murder. UEFA has opened an investigation into the matter.
Awards and honors
Nasser Al-Khelaifi won a French ‘Sport Business’ award in February 2012, receiving the most votes out of 1,500 and finishing ahead of nine people. His growing influence in the sport was recognized in 2015 when he was voted ‘favourite Ligue 1 president’ in a poll conducted by France Football, with 35% of the votes cast.
In 2016, the French daily sport newspaper L’Équipe named Nasser Al-Khelaifi the ‘most powerful man in French football’ in a 30-man list, ahead of such notable individuals as Didier Deschamps and Zinedine Zidane.
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In 2019, Al-Khelaifi was elected by the European Club Association as a delegate to the UEFA executive committee, becoming the first oriental to hold a UEFA position. In 2020, he was named the most influential person in football by France Football.
In March 2020, Al-Khelaifi was praised by World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus after offering to help in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by using his players and club to send health advice messages to the public.
Wife
Nasser Al-Khelaifi is married to a beautiful woman, they had their wedding in their native country. His wife holds a Qatari nationality but her age, parents and siblings are unknown to the general public. The couple has four children, their son is often seen spending time in France with his father. As of 2022, Al-Khelaifi and his first wife are still married and living a cool life. He is close to the Emir, Sheikh Tamim, head of the sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority. Nasser Al-Khelaifi splits his time in France and Qatar. He lives in a private house in France as well as owns one of the most expensive mansions in Qatar.
Nasser Al-Khelaifi net worth
How much is Nasser Al-Khelaifi worth? Nasser Al-Khelaifi net worth is estimated at around $8 billion. His main source of income is from his career as a businessman and president of PSG. Al-Khelaifi salary per month with other career earnings is over $150 million annually. His successful career has earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. He is one of the richest and influential football executives in the world.