Qatari businessman and sports executive
Nasser bin Ghanim Al-Khelaifi (Arabic: ناصر بن غانم الخليفي; born 12 November 1973) is a Qatari 🧬 businessman, sports executive, and former tennis player. He is the chairman of beIN Media Group and Qatar Sports Investments,[1][2] president 🧬 of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. and the Qatar Tennis Federation, and vice president of the Asian Tennis Federation for West Asia.[3][4]
Al-Khelaifi 🧬 is also a member of the organizing committee for the FIFA Club World Cup,[5] and has been elected as the 🧬 chairman of the European Club Association (ECA).
Early life and education [ edit ]
Al-Khelaifi was born in Qatar, a son of 🧬 a pearl fisherman,[6] and graduated with an Economics Degree from Qatar University. He also has a post graduate degree in 🧬 Maritime Studies from University of Piraeus.
Tennis career [ edit ]
Playing career [ edit ]
As a tennis professional, Al-Khelaifi was the 🧬 second most successful member of the Qatar Davis Cup team after Sultan Khalfan, 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.[7][8] He also won the GCC Team Tournament.
Post-playing career [ edit ]
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.[9]
Business career [ edit ]
Qatar Sports Investments [ edit ]
Nasser Al-Khelaifi has been chairman of Qatar Sports Investments (QSi) from 🧬 June 2011. QSi is a sovereign wealth fund dedicated to investments in the sport and leisure industry on a national 🧬 and international level.[1]
Following the QSi acquisition of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football club in June 2011,[10] Nasser Al-Khelaifi became the chairman 🧬 of the board of PSG and also CEO of the club,[11] reinforcing Qatari interest in French football.
QSi has several other 🧬 high-profile partnerships. QSi also owns the Burrda sportswear brand.[12]
Paris Saint-Germain [ edit ]
Nasser Al-Khelaifi became the new president and chief 🧬 executive officer of Paris Saint-Germain on 7 October 2011.[13] 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.[14] As part of the long-term plan for 🧬 the club, Al-Khelaifi brought in former footballer Leonardo as the new director of football.[15]
Although Al-Khelaifi initially demanded a major trophy 🧬 haul for the 2011–12 season, PSG were soon eliminated from the UEFA Europa League and both domestic cups, leaving the 🧬 team only able to spendR$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.[16]
Zlatan Ibrahimović unveiled by Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo (right) and 🧬 President Nasser Al-Khelaifi (left)
In the 2012–13 season, PSG won the Ligue 1 title and also made it to the quarter-finals 🧬 of the UEFA Champions League, partly thanks 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.[17] 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.
Nasser Al-Khelaifi (left) with Neymar in August 2024 in 🧬 the Parc des Princes
In the 2024–19 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 were 🧬 knocked out by the away-goal rule.
In June 2012, QSi acquired the Paris Handball Club and merged it with the PSG 🧬 sport franchise to create a wider and more competitive sport offer to the city of Paris.[18] Since 2012, Paris Saint-Germain 🧬 Handball has won the LNH Division 1 five times, while reaching the EHF Champions League final in 2024–17 and the 🧬 semi-finals in 2024–16 and 2024–18.
BEIN Media Group [ edit ]
On 31 December 2013, Al Jazeera Sport's global operations were spun 🧬 out of Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) and rebranded as beIN Sports.[19] 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.[2] 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 production, distribution, and digital media sectors.[promotion?]
In October 2024, the Swiss courts 🧬 opened an investigation against him 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.[20] On 30 October 2024, Nasser Al-Khelaifi was 🧬 cleared of the case over the awarding of television rights for the World Cup. Al-Khelaifi had been accused of aggravated 🧬 criminal mismanagement for his alleged part in a corruption trial involving former FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke. However, Valcke was 🧬 found guilty of forging documents related to television rights for the World Cup and was fined 24,000 Swiss francs ($26,500). 🧬 According to the Swiss attorney general’s office, it was alleged that Valcke exploited his FIFA role between 2013 and 2024 🧬 to favour media partners that he preferred by providing the media rights for various World Cup and Confederations Cup tournaments.[21]
Political 🧬 career [ edit ]
In November 2013, Al-Khelaifi was made minister without portfolio in the Qatari government by the Emir of 🧬 Qatar, Sheikh Tamim.[22]
Legal proceedings [ edit ]
Al-Khelaifi had been charged with corruption in May 2024 after being accused of attempting 🧬 to buy the rights to host the 2024 World Athletics Championships for Doha.[23]
Al-Khelaifi was charged by Swiss federal prosecutors in 🧬 connection with a wider bribery investigation linked to World Cup television rights in February 2024. However, Khelaifi stated that he 🧬 has been cleared of all suspicions of bribery and the case has been dismissed definitively and conclusively. [24]
On 9 March 🧬 2024, after Paris Saint-Germain's 1–3 away loss (2–3 aggregate score) to Real Madrid in the 2024–22 UEFA Champions League round 🧬 of 16, Al-Khelaifi allegedly assaulted a linesman and broke his flag and threatened a Madrid employee with murder.[25][26][27] Following investigation, 🧬 UEFA cleared Al-Khelaifi of all charges related to the match.[28][29]
Three investigating judges from the Paris court have been appointed in 🧬 February 2024 to investigate the accusations of kidnapping, sequestration and torture of a Franco-Algerian lobbyist, Tayeb Benabderrahmane, which targeted Al-Khelaïfi.[30] 🧬 And the former lawyer of the lobbyist, Olivier Pardo, stated that the lobbyist stole personal recordings of Al-Khelaïfi, of attempting 🧬 to blackmail Al-Khelaifi for “several tens of millions of euros”. [31]
Awards and honors [ edit ]
In February 2012, he won 🧬 a French 'Sport Business' award, receiving the most votes out of 1,500 and finishing ahead of nine people.[32]
His growing influence 🧬 in the sport was recognised in 2024 when he was voted 'favourite Ligue 1 president' in a poll conducted by 🧬 France Football, with 35% of the votes cast.
In 2024, the French daily sport newspaper L'Équipe named him the 'most powerful 🧬 man in French football' in a 30-man list, ahead of such notable individuals as Didier Deschamps and Zinedine Zidane.[33][34]
In 2024, 🧬 he was elected by the European Club Association as delegate at the UEFA executive committee, becoming the first Arab to 🧬 hold an UEFA position.[35]
In 2024, he was named the most influential person in football by France Football.[36]
In March 2024, 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.[37]
Personal life [ edit ]
He 🧬 is close to the Emir, Sheikh Tamim, head of sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority.
He is married, and has four 🧬 children who reside in Qatar.[38]
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