Jordanian businessman, based in Abu Dhabi, first Arab to chair German soccer club

inShareBy JAMES M. DORSEY
AL ARABIYAA German soccer club has elected an Abu Dhabi-based Jordanian businessman as its chairman, making him the first Arab to take the helm of one of the country’s teams.

Hasan Abdullah Mohamed Ismaik, a real estate and construction magnate, was elected by financially troubled second division TSV 1860 Munich after he invested…