Kutayba Alghanim net worth: Kutayba Alghanim is a Kuwaiti billionaire who has a net worth of $1.2 billion. Together with his brother Bassam, Kutayba Alghanim has inherited the family holding company, Alghanim Industries and a stake in Gulf Bank. However, since the Alghanim siblings couldn’t agree over the family’s wealth division, their feud ended with a court suit.
The dispute reached its culmination when Kutayba’s son Omar, a Harvard MBA graduate, took over the reigns of the family holding company, which, among other things, sells General Motors vehicles. While a US judge put the case on hold, pending arbitration in Kuwait, a UK judge found Kutayba and his son liable for hacking into Bassam Alghanim’s email. Either way, Bassam has reportedly withdrawn from the family holding company.
- Kutayba Alghanim is the chairman of Alghanim Industries, which his late father Yusuf founded in 1932. His son Omar served as CEO until Dec. 2019.
- Alghanim sells GM and Ford cars in Kuwait, owns a consumer electronics retailer and Wendys restaurants in the Middle East, among other businesses.
- Kutayba and his brother Bassam have fought over the division of assets they inherited and have turned to a Swiss arbitration court to settle.
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However, since the Alghanim siblings couldn’t agree over the family’s wealth division, their feud ended with a court suit. The dispute reached its culmination when Kutayba’s son Omar, a Harvard MBA graduate, took over the reigns of the family holding company, which, among other things, sells General Motors vehicles. While a US judge put the case on hold, pending arbitration in Kuwait, a UK judge found Kutayba and his son liable for hacking into Bassam Alghanim’s email. Either way, Bassam has reportedly withdrawn from the family holding company.
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