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Nayel Nassar

Nayel Nassar

Photo of Jennifer Gates kissing Nayel Nassar.

Photo of Jennifer Gates kissing Nayel Nassar.

Nayel Nassar (Arabic: نائل نصار) is an award-winning Egyptian-American professional equestrian and show jumper hails in San Diego, California. He is engaged to Bill and Melinda Gates' eldest daughter, Jennifer Gates. [2] [4] [23] [30]

Nassar helped Egypt qualify for the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, winning the CSIO4-W Nations Cup of Rabat in October 2019. In January 2020, he got engaged to Jennifer Katharine Gates. [30]

Early Life and Education

Nassar was born to an Egyptian parents in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Kuwait. Nassar's parents run an architecture and interior design firm in Kuwait. He attended the The American School of Kuwait .

Nassar returned to the United States in 2009 to study Economics and Management at Stanford University. Ihn 2013, he graduated from Stanford. [4] [5]

Career

2nd time in a row: Nayel Nassar wins in Thermal | Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ NAL 2018/19

2nd time in a row: Nayel Nassar wins in Thermal | Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ NAL 2018/19

Nassar has been riding horses since the age of five, and began jumping at the age of ten.

He also trained in Europe.

Nassar currently rides for Egypt as well as the Paris Panthers. [6]

He has gone on to qualify for the FEI World Cup Finals in 2013, 2014 and 2017, plus the FEI World Equestrian Games in 2014.

[31]

He has also taken first place in a number of competitions, including Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Las Vegas, Las Vegas National Horse Show Winning Round CSI 3*, Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Del Mar, New York Masters CSI5* Grand Prix, and Rabat CSIO4* Designated Olympic Qualifier. [31]

As of January 2020, The International Federation for Equestrian Sports currently ranks Nassar as No. 41 in the world, with 36 jumping competition wins under his belt since 2010. [30] [31]

Nayel Nassar is also a business owner.

He launched Nassar Stables LLC in 2014, according to public records with the Secretary of State of California. The business is based in the city of Encinitas, which is located in San Diego County, California. [33]

Wins

  • 1st place on Lordan - Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Las Vegas

  • 1st place on Lucifer - Las Vegas National Horse Show Winning Round CSI 3

  • 1st place on Lordan - Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Del Mar

  • 7th place on Lordan - Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Langley

  • 2nd place on Lucifer - Longines Global Champions Tour Valkenswaard CSI 5

  • 2019 LGCT Hamburg Silver Medallist with Lucifer [6]

  • 1st place on Lucifer V - New York Masters CSI5 Grand Prix*

  • 1st place on Lucifer V - Rabat CSIO4 Designated Olympic Qualifier*

Personal Life

Relationship with Jennifer Katharine Gates

Nassar is engaged to Stanford University undergraduate and Paris Panthers teammate Jennifer Katharine Gates, daughter of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. The couple first began dating in 2016 and share a love of horses. [23][5] [6] [7]

They’ve been photographed together at events around the world, like the Longines Global Champions Tour in Madrid. The couple will reportedly live in New York, where Jennifer Gates is currently in med school. [30]

In January of 2020, Nayel proposed to Bill Gates' daughter, Jennifer Gates. They posted pictures of the proposal to Instagram and he gushed about the moment when she said yes in a public post: [32]

“SHE SAID YES!! I’m feeling like the luckiest (and happiest) man in the world right about now. Jenn, you are everything I could have possibly imagined..and so much more… Here’s to forever!”

References

[1]
Citation Linkinstagram.comNayel Nassar | Instagram
Jan 20, 2018, 8:30 PM
[2]
Citation Linkfacebook.comNayel Nassar | Facebook
Jan 20, 2018, 8:31 PM
[3]
Citation Linkyoutube.comNayel Nassar | YouTube
Jan 20, 2018, 8:34 PM
[4]
Citation Linknfstyle.comTwelve Things You Didn’t Know About Nayel Nassar | NF Style
Jan 20, 2018, 8:37 PM
[5]
Citation Linkforbesmiddleeast.comWho Is The Egyptian Reportedly Dating Bill Gates’ Daughter?| Forbes
Jan 20, 2018, 8:54 PM
[6]
Citation Linkglobalchampionsleague.comNayel Nassar - GLOBAL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Jan 20, 2018, 8:58 PM
[7]
Citation Linkbusinessinsider.comInside the life of Bill Gates’ daughter, Jennifer Gates | Business Insider
Jan 20, 2018, 9:13 PM
[8]
Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comNayel Nassar and Jennifer Katharine Gates
Jan 20, 2018, 9:22 PM
[9]
Citation Linkyoutube.comNayel Nassar discusses his journey from his first horse to winning the HITS Zoetis Million Dollar Grand Prix, and going pro.
Jan 20, 2018, 11:20 PM
[10]
Citation Linkyoutube.comNayel Nassar on Winning the $216,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Wellington CSI3*-W (with his horse Lordan)
Jan 20, 2018, 11:26 PM
[11]
Citation Linkyoutube.comNael Nassar's interview with Horse Times (circa 2012)
Jan 20, 2018, 11:29 PM
[12]
Citation Linkyoutube.comNassar's interview with Kate Pettersen (circa 2016)
Jan 20, 2018, 11:30 PM
[14]
Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comNayel Nassar discusses his journey from his first horse to winning the HITS Zoetis Million Dollar Grand Prix, and going pro.
Jan 20, 2018, 11:20 PM
[15]
Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comNayel Nassar on Winning the $216,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Wellington CSI3*-W (with his horse Lordan)
Jan 20, 2018, 11:26 PM
[16]
Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comNael Nassar's interview with Horse Times (circa 2012)
Jan 20, 2018, 11:29 PM
[17]
Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comNassar's interview with Kate Pettersen (circa 2016)
Jan 20, 2018, 11:30 PM
[18]
Citation Linkemirateswoman.comBill Gates' Daughter Visits Cairo With Egyptian Boyfriend
Jul 18, 2019, 6:06 PM
[19]
Citation Linkwww.ocala.comNayel Nassar wins $1 million grand prix at HITS
Jul 18, 2019, 6:06 PM
[20]
Citation Linkwww.youtube.com2nd time in a row: Nayel Nassar wins in Thermal | Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ NAL 2018/19
Jul 18, 2019, 6:11 PM
[21]
Citation Linkwww.youtube.comExclusive interview with the international Egyptian rider Nayel Nassar.part 1
Jul 18, 2019, 6:11 PM