Jana Khayat
Jana Khayat | |
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Born | Jana Weston |
Education | Oxford University |
Occupation | Businesswoman |
Spouse(s) | Antoine Khayat |
Children | George, Hamish, Helena |
Parent(s) |
Garry Weston Mary (Kippenberger) Weston |
Relatives |
George G. Weston (brother) Guy Weston (brother) Garth Weston (brother) Kate Hobhouse (sister) Sophia Mason (sister) Howard Kippenberger (maternal grandfather) |
Jana Khayat (née Weston) is a British heiress and businesswoman. She serves on the board of the department store Fortnum & Mason.[1]
Early life
The third child of Garry Weston, billionaire chairman of Associated British Foods, Jana graduated from Oxford University with a history degree.
Career
She started her career by joining the management team of Fortnum & Mason. Since the death of their father, Jana's brothers George and Guy have run Associated British Foods and Wittington Investments Ltd. (the parent company of Fortnums's and ABF) respectively while Khayat control of Fortnum's aided by her younger sister, Kate Hobhouse, as a non-executive director.
Khayat served as chairman until July 2008.[2]
Personal life
She and her husband, Antoine Khayat, have three children: George, Hamish and Helena.[3]
References
- ↑ Business Week company information. Retrieved 2009-05-17
- ↑ Amy Shields, "Fortnum & Mason chairman to step down", Retail Week, 2008-06-13. Retrieved 2009-05-17
- ↑ Caroline Boucher, "The Khayat who got the cream", The Observer, 2001-09-09. Retrieved 2009-05-17