Residence London, United Kingdom Net worth £350 m (2010) Ethnicity Lebanese Religion Greek Catholic | Citizenship British Name Ely Calil Occupation Businessman Role Businessman | |
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Born December 8, 1945 ( 1945-12-08 ) Kano, Nigeria Died 28 May 2018, London, United Kingdom Children George Calil, Stefan Calil, Katherine Calil, May Calil, Yasmine Calil, Karim Calil Spouse Frances Condron (m. 1972), Hayat Mroue (m. ?–1985), Renuka Jain Similar People Simon Mann, George Calil, Mark Thatcher | ||
Ely Calil (born 8 December 1945 in Kano, Nigeria) was of Lebanese origin with British citizenship.
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Life
His ancestry can be traced back to 1920s or 30s when his family set up their home in Turkey after forcing to leave Lebanon due to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's reforms. Before he was born, his family set up an oil mill for groundnut processing in Lebanon in 1941. His father, George Khalil, died in 1970, leaving behind two sons, him [Ely] and Bernard, and was said to have bequeathed £20 million to Ely.
Allegations
In 2002, Calil was arrested in Paris in connection with the Elf Aquitaine scandal but was released on appeal.
In 2004 Calil was alleged to be part in the failed coup d'état in Equatorial Guinea and is currently sought by courts both in Equatorial Guinea and South Africa.. In September 2004, he was sued by the Equatorial Guinean government for allegedly to have raised $750 000 to finance the plot.
Personal life
He married his first wife, a Tennessee tobacco heiress named Frances Condon, at Roman Catholic Church in Farm Street, Mayfair in 1972. The couple divorced in 1985, and the following year, Calil married a Lebanese socialite, Hayat Emma Morowa. The marriage also failed, and Calil married his third wife, Renuka Jaine, in 1989.