Today on ”The World of Adults,” we are hosting one of the most prominent figures in the Kingdom’s financial and business world: Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel, one of the most famous businessmen in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Born in 1955, he studied architecture in Massachusetts and earned a degree in civil engineering from Boston University. His studies in automotive engineering in Japan for several years had a significant impact on his professional career, After taking over the management of the Abdul Latif Jameel Group of Companies
Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel began his career in business in 1979, when he decided to enter the automotive trade through his father’s company. He was able to study the local and international automotive markets, and gained extensive experience in the economic sphere, becoming one of the most distinguished and astute economic and managerial minds in Saudi Arabia and the Arab world. Businessman and engineer Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel is known for his interest in social initiatives in general and job creation initiatives in particular, in addition to his other initiatives in the fight against poverty across the Middle East and the world.
The project to assemble Toyota vehicles and spare parts in Saudi Arabia, along with related industries, is one of Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel’s top priorities, as the group has received preliminary approval for the project from the Japanese company Toyota. Mohammed Jameel heads the Abdul Latif Jameel Group, which was founded by Sheikh Abdul Latif Jameel in 1945 and whose activities range from automotive trade to real estate and electronics. The Abdul Latif Jameel Group is one of the largest Toyota dealers in the world, with dealerships selling Toyota vehicles across nearly the entire Middle East, Central Asia, and China, while also operating dealerships for other car brands. Since 1969, the group has diversified its investments by entering the installment and real estate sectors, becoming the owner of one of the largest installment companies in Saudi Arabia, which it launched in 1972. It also owns a number of hotel complexes and real estate properties. It established a company in the United States to manage the group’s real estate holdings there
Engineer Mohammed Abdul Latif left a clear mark in the field of service to Saudi society; he founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Foundation for Community Service, and in 2003, Engineer Jameel officially launched these activities by establishing a system of social initiatives known as the Abdul Latif Jameel Initiatives. He was honored at the opening ceremony of the Janadriyah Festival, and the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, may God have mercy on him and grant himmay He grant him a spacious place in Paradise, the Order of King Abdulaziz, First Class. This honor had a profound impact on his happiness, as he expressed in his remarks when he said, “ ‘This medal is a great honor,’ and he expressed his overwhelming happiness and delight at this great recognition from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, who is constantly keen to encourage and motivate his people to exert greater effort in serving their homeland, noting that being awarded the King Abdulaziz Medal is a great achievement of which he is very proud, and for which he gives thanks first and foremost to God, and then to his father, Sheikh Abdul Latif Jameel, may God have mercy on him, who was a role model for him and whom he was keen to follow in his footsteps through the Abdul Latif Jameel Community Service Programs “He emphasized that the Abdul Latif Jameel Community Service Programs will witness significant development and wider expansion in the coming period to serve a greater number of the people of this generous nation under the gracious patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, may God protect him.
