Meet Janet Jackson’s ‘abusive’ ex, billionaire Wissam Al Mana: the pop icon just revealed that she ‘loves every single minute’ of parenting her son Eissa Al Mana – but how does her baby daddy feel?
- Jackson – who is currently on her Together Again tour, her most successful concert tour to date – co-parents her son with her ex in London, but they reportedly split just months after she gave birth
- The former couple had a rocky relationship: Janet’s brother Randy Jackson alleged that she was in an ‘abusive situation’, and then there was that time she called the cops on him …
The diva also spoke to the BBC while backstage at Barclays Center in Brooklyn recently, revealing how fulfilled she feels as a mother, saying, “It’s the most beautiful thing … I love every single minute of it.”
But just who is Al Mana, who reportedly split from Jackson four months after she gave birth? Here’s everything we know about the Qatari mogul.
Wissam Al Mana is a billionaire
According to his website, 49-year-old Al Mana is a board member and co-managing director of the Qatari conglomerate Al Mana Group, which operates 55 companies across eight countries. The group has interests in autos, fashion, property, entertainment, luxury brands and more.
His net worth is reportedly US$1 billion, per TheRichest, and he is said to be one of the wealthiest investors in the Middle East. He also owns Lazinc, a London-based art gallery, according to The Business of Fashion.
He was accused of being abusive
Jackson and Al Mana reportedly started dating in 2010, got married in 2012, and went through a messy divorce in 2017. During this time, Janet’s brother Randy Jackson alleged that she was in an “abusive situation” where there was “verbal abuse and being (made to feel like) a prisoner in her own home”, per USA Today. Other sources also reportedly claimed that Al Mana was a “controlling husband”.