Mahmoud Fustuq

Mahmoud Fustuq (1936 – 8 February 2006) was a Lebanese businessman who had various companies in Saudi Arabia. He was known for being brother-in-law of former Saudi Arabian ruler King Abdullah and for his involvement in the horse business.

Biography Fustuq was born in Lebanon in 1936. His family is from Palestine. He was the eldest of nine siblings. He attended the University of Oklahoma in the late 1950s

Thoroughbred horse racing Fustuq had varied businesses in Saudi Arabia. and Silver Train, who won a Breeder's Cup race. Silver Hawk and Green Forest. He was buried in Saudi Arabia.

Controversy

In the 1970s Fustuq acquired a commission from British Leyland following the sale of a fleet of Land Rovers by the company to the Saudi Arabian National Guard headed by Prince Abdullah, later King Abdullah. The Guardian reported that after this transaction he bought the farms in the USA and a mansion near Chantilly, France.