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Nur Al Hausawi | |
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| Born | Nur Al Hausawi |
| Nationality | American Saudi |
| Other names | Robin Allen |
| Education | Babson College (LLB) (BBA) Institute for Humane Studies |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2007 – present |
| Known for | The Mexican Museum San Francisco Opera Brooklyn Public Library The Saudi American Family Office Princeton Club of New York University Club of San Francisco |
| Family | Hawsawi Family |
Nur Al Hausawi (Arabic: نور بنت لي اهل الهوساوي) is an American financier,[1] GOP donor[2] and philanthropist[3] of Afro-Saudi descent. Hausawi is the managing partner of the Saudi-American Family Office,[3] a private investment management firm based in the United States, and is known for hosting philanthropic events in New York and San Francisco.[1][3][4] She is associated with the San Francisco Opera,[5] the Brooklyn Public Library,[6] and the Mexican Museum[3][4] among other causes.
She is a member of the Hausawi clan.
Early life and education
[edit]Early life
[edit]Hausawi was born in Texas, USA[7] with congenital adrenal hyperplasia,[7] a condition that caused her to be intersexed.[7]
After a difficult childhood she inherited a multi-million dollar trust fund from her father at the age of 17.[6] She briefly lived in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan before attending college and relocating to the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn.[6]
Education
[edit]Hausawi attended Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where she received a Bachelor of Business Management concentrating in legal studies and a Bachelor of Business Administration concentrating in entrepreneurship[1][7] . She later received a degree in applied economics from the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University.[7]
Career
[edit]Hausawi began her financial career at the equity research desk at Lazard Capital Markets, where she was responsible for researching and producing financial intelligence reports used in market-making activities.[7] She then served as Managing Partner at Esperance Series, LLC,[8] a private equity fund manager.[1][7] In the wake of the 2017–2019 Saudi Arabian purge she moved to the family office of a Saudi family in the San Francisco metropolitan area.[8][3]
Public life
[edit]Hausawi has hosted various events at several historic, private and member's only locations, including the Princeton Club of New York[1] the University Club of San Francisco.[1]
Philanthropy
[edit]Hausawi was a prominent figure in the story of The Mexican Museum, a Smithsonian-affiliated institution in San Francisco known for its long history of financial troubles.[9]
In 2023 she held a fundraiser for the museum at the Four Seasons Private Residences at 706 Mission Street featuring hors d’oeuvres and live arpa jarocha music under the auspices of her birthday party.[4] About 150 guests, many of who where part of an entourage there to wish her happy birthday, attended the reception on the balcony the apartment building above the museum after a tour of the unfinished space.[4] The event included several speeches from museum experts, archeologists and politicians, including representatives of mayor London Breed.[4] Many people made donation commitments at Hausawi's urging.[3][4] Hausawi herself made a pledge of $500,000.00 USD, which was originally thought to have come out of her family foundation.[3][4]
In 2024 the San Francisco Chronicle revealed that Hausawi had rescinded her pledge due to disagreements with the museum's board over a contract that would have empowered her make executive decisions regarding daily operations, fundraising and replacing the board of directors.[3] The contract also proposed housing the Manos Accelerator, a Silicon Valley-based program targeting Latino entrepreneurs in the fourth floor of the museum space.[3] In exchange Hausawi committed to doubling her pledge to $1,000,000.00 USD and lowering the requirement for concurrent museum fundraising from $5 million to $3.5 million dollars.[3] A review of both the contract and pledge by the newspaper revealed that the pledge was not guaranteed by her family office, but that Hausawi was funding the pledge using her personal assets.[3]
Speaking engagements and writing
[edit]Hausawi has a long history of contributing to news articles and giving lectures under the professional name "Robin Allen."[4][3] Mostly she writes about macroeconomics, geopolitics, monetary policy and investments, which is attested to by a wide body of minor press quotes over a period of at least 15 years. However, she has been known to advocate the economic and social enfranchisement of women[8][10] and other minorities.[7][11]
In 2013, at the invitation of the Wharton Alliance and the Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club Hausawi was a guest lecturer at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where she addressed entrepreneurship as a career choice for sexual and racial minority students.[7]
In 2007, Hausawi wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Observer which became the featured editorial in an issue Upper East Side newspaper.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Hausawi lives in the New York and San Francisco areas.[1][7][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Sohn, Amy (23 January 2019). "For the Cachet of a Club, Get a Room at the Real Thing". New York Times. pp. TR8.
- ^ Pelham, LeeAnn. "AGENDA ITEM 3 – Candidate's Appeal of Executive Director's Adverse Determination of Eligibility for Public Financing for Angela Alioto for Mayor 2018" (PDF). City and County of San Francisco Ethics Commission. City and County of San Francisco. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Waxmann, Laura (24 June 2025). "Mexican Museum missed key deadline". San Francisco Chronicle. pp. A1+A9.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Yeh-Gilman, Io (1 July 2024). "Mexican Museum courts donors amid financial troubles". Mission Local. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "SF Opera - Individual Giving - Listed Gifts". SFOpera.org. The San Francisco Opera. pp. Bel Canto Legacy Society. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d Sparks, Hannah (16 August 2018). "WHAT POOR SOULS - They have millions of dollars in family money, but some trust-funders say their good fortune actually makes them miserable". New York Post. pp. 33+34.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Weiner, Yitzi (13 April 2018). "Today, Women Get Only 2% of VC Dollars. These 16 VCs Explain Why, And How This Can Be Solved". Thrive Global. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ a b c Meek, Teresa (12 September 2018). "Global Hotspots 2030: Where The Smart Money is Going Next". Forbes. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ de la Rosa, Mark. "The Mexican Museum Has Not Demonstrated That It Can Meet the City's Contractual Obligations, and the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure Has Not Effectively Enforced the Museum's Grant Agreement" (PDF). SF.gov. Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII) Real Estate Division (RED). Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ Reiss, Dawn (26 December 2017). "Why Women Should Have Their Own Investments". U.S. News and World Report. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ a b Hausawi, Nur (8 May 2007). "Letter to the Editor". The New York Observer. p. 13.