David,
My wife Frances went to college with Manser Ojjeh, at Menlo College, a small, high $ private school in Atherton, CA. At the time, a lot of the Saudi Princes went there.
I'm fairly sure that Mr Ojjeh also ownes a good portion of McLaren as well.
She said that he was a good guy.
Another person you might know who went to Menlo College: Dan Gurney!