Shaher Abdulhak | |
Birth Date: | 1938 |
Birth Place: | Taiz, Yemen |
Death Place: | Germany[1] |
Resting Place: | Cairo, Egypt |
Nationality: | Yemeni |
Other Names: | King of sugar |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Children: | Farouk, Wael, Nael, Khalid Abdulhak |
Shaher Abdulhak (; 1938 – 2 October 2020) was a Yemeni billionaire businessman.
In 1963 Abdulhak founded the company "Shaher Trading", an enterprise involved in petroleum, soft drinks, tourism and property.[2] [3] Abdulhak was known as the "King of Sugar" in Yemen, where he held a great deal of political influence[4] 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.[4] 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.[5]