Abdulhadi Mana Al-Hajri

Abdulhadi Mana Al-Hajri (born December 1979)^[1] is a Qatari businessman and investor. Since March 2020, he has been the owner of The Ritz Hotel in London.

Al-Hajri was born in 1979^[1] and is the son of Mana bin Abdul Hadi Al Hajri,^[2] who served as Qatar's ambassador to Jordan from 2003 through 2011.^[3] He is the brother-in-law of Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. His sister Al-Anoud bint Mana Al Hajri became the second wife of the emir.^[2]

In March 2015, Al-Hajri purchased the Erbilginler Yalı, a 64-room, 30,000-square-foot home in Istanbul, for over $100 million.^[2][4]

In 2017, Al-Hajri purchased Baguales, an exclusive ski resort in Patagonia, Argentina.^[5][6][7]

In March 2020, Al-Hajri purchased the Ritz Hotel in London^[8][9] from the Barclay brothers for an estimated £700 million,^[8] initially as an undisclosed private buyer.^[10] He was publicly revealed as the new owner in April 2020.^[9] According to Tatler, during the sales process, he "reportedly fended off interest from suitors" such as Mohamed al-Fayed, the owner of the Hôtel Ritz Paris.^[2] The sales price led to some family dispute among the Barclays, with two family members objecting to any price less than £1 billion.^[11][12] Even so, the sale made the hotel the most expensive in the world,^[13] as well as the most expensive hotel "per key" ever sold in the world.^[14][15]

At the time of Al-Hajri's purchase of the Ritz, it was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[2] He kept all staff employed during the pandemic and continued to pay full salaries.^[2][15] In January 2025, he announced an extensive £300 million redevelopment of the hotel, which will take two years and include adding large state-of-the-art wellness facilities.^[16] The plan includes expanding into an adjacent building to provide guest accommodations while the main hotel undergoes restoration.^[16] The plans include the addition of 53 bedrooms, taking the hotel's total to 191, and underground secure parking for high-profile guests such as royalty or heads of state.^[17]

In 2023, Al-Hajri bought a townhouse near Hyde Park in the Mayfair district of London, paying £37.5 million.^[18]

Al-Hajri owns racing horses,^[2] and in 2021 his horse Dominus won the Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al Thani Trophy in the seven-furlong race for four-year-old and older Thoroughbreds.^[19] Some of his other winning horses include Beachwalk^[20][21] and Dark Pursuit.^[22][23]