Rihanna a.k.a Bad Gal Riri has been in the news lately after photos of her kissing an Arabian billionaire, Hassan Jameel, surfaced. Here are a few things you need to know about Rihanna’s new boo
- He is from a rich family
His family is said to be worth around $1.5 billion
You know what that means, right? He’s by far wealthier than the eight-time Grammy winner herself, which means he can take very good care of her.His position as deputy president and vice chairman of Abdul Latif Jameel, a family-owned company that holds exclusive distribution rights for Toyota cars in Saudi Arabia and a few other countries. The Jameel family is said to be worth around $1.5 billion.
His family also owns a Football league in Saudi Arabia, called the Jameel league.
- He once dated a celebrity
He was spotted with Naomi Campbell in 2016
The 29-year-old billionaire was spotted sometime last year with supermodel, Naomi Campbell, looking all-loved up.
This perhaps explains why Naomi and Rihanna unfollowed each other on Social media later that year.
- He is a philanthropist
He is involved in a lot of charity work
This is something the new couple have in common, as Rihanna herself is involved in a lot of charity work all over the world, which earned her Harvard’s award for 2017 Humanitarian of the Year.Hassan is president of his company’s charitable arm known as Community Jameel, which aims at helping the ‘social, cultural, educational and economic development of individuals and communities in the Middle East region and beyond.’
- He rolls with royalty
He had a meeting with Prince Andrew
Due to his charity work, Jameel got to meet Prince Andrew, the duke of York at the Bab Rizq Jameel Centre, and in 2014 his father became one of the first Saudi businessmen to receive an honorary knighthood from the Queen of England for his philanthropic work.
- He wooed her with a life-sized bear
The Arabian hunk is not only filthy rich, but also very romantic. It was recently revealed that he ‘flew a life-size bear half way around the world in an otherwise empty jet’ to impress the now-smitten songstress.