Taha Mikati cofounded Beirut-based holding company M1 Group. Its investments include stakes in South African telecom firm MTN, fashion retailer Pepe Jeans, and prime real estate in New York, London, ...

Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani is the chairman of Al Faisal Holding, one of Qatar's biggest conglomerates, which he founded in 1964. It owns more than 20 hotels around the world, including the St. Regis ...

With global economic uncertainty on the rise and a significant drop in VC funding, young entrepreneurs in Asia-Pacific have faced a new set of challenges in the past year. But the current environment ...

Arab capital has become one of the most influential forces in global soccer. Through sovereign wealth funds, investment groups, and billionaire owners, backers from the Middle East have helped ...

Women in MENA are leading some of the largest local and global companies and leaving an immense impact across industries, from banking powerhouses to technology visionaries. Once again, Hana Al ...

Dana Nasser Al Sabah joined KIPCO in 2004 and has been a board member since 2020. She was appointed group CEO in January 2022. The company generated profits of $205.7 million in the first nine months ...

Telecom Egypt had around 25.25 million fixed broadband and voice subscribers, and 15.5 million mobile subscribers. In 2025, net profit more than doubled to $473 million. In September 2025, it gave ...

The ADCB group was formed in 2020 through the merger of the Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and the Union National Bank and the acquisition of the Al Hilal Bank. Today, it serves over 1.9 million retail ...

Shaikha Khaled Al Bahar assumed her current role in 2014, where she leads the NBK Group in 13 countries. In the first nine months of 2024, the group reported profits of $1.6 billion and had $128.5 ...

Malak has been at the helm of Etihad Rail since 2018. He has previously worked as the CEO of Etihad Rail DB, the operating partner of Etihad Rail. Malak led Stage Two of the UAE’s National Railway ...

Established in 1983, Memaar Al Morshedy employs 3,000 people, has 70,000 clients, and had built 1,195 buildings, 25 malls, and delivers about 3,500 units per year. In 2024, the group rebranded to ...

Our first list of 20 Arab Women in Government recognizes the most impactful women in leading roles across government institutions, excluding ministerial and parliamentary positions. In the U.A.E., ...