Shaher Abdulhak

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Shaher Abdulhak (1938 – 2 October 2020) was a Yemeni billionaire businessman.

Career

In 1963 Abdulhak founded the company "Shaher Trading", an enterprise involved in petroleum, soft drinks, tourism and property. Abdulhak was known as the "King of Sugar" in Yemen, where he held a great deal of political influence In spite of his prominent position in Yemeni society, Abdulhak was media-shy; he never granted interviews and no photo of him was ever printed in the local press. On 2 October 2020, Abdulhaq died from cancer in Germany. On 6 October, he was buried in Cairo, Egypt. Farouk Abdulhak, the son of Shaher, is a wanted suspect in the rape and murder of Martine Vik Magnussen in London. Farouk escaped to Yemen with the help of his father's private jet and remains at large.

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