This ranking includes family businesses, as well as those set up by enterprising first generation entrepreneurs. To create this ranking we considered privately held companies and used published ...

Alexandra York is an editor on the Forbes 30 Under 30 team. She covers young changemakers and innovators with a focus on the ...

Al Thani assumed his current role in May 2021. Founded in 1995, Al Jazi Real Estate is a subsidiary of Al Faisal Holding and specializes in residential, commercial, and retail properties in Qatar. The ...

Fintech startups have created quite a buzz in the region, raising over $100 million in the last five years. Investment in this sector is well warranted, considering the fact that traditional banks ...

Al Abdouli has been in his current role since 2018. In 2024, he spearheaded the launch of RAK Central, which will feature 3 million square feet of rentable office space, over 4,000 residential units, ...

Among the standard tales of political gameplay, trade movements and health scares that regularly hit the headlines, these days you’d be hard-pressed to go an afternoon without also scrolling past at ...

O’Regan assumed his current role in January 2024. Modon Holding was established in March 2024, following Q Holding’s acquisition of the ADNEC Group and Modon Properties. Its operations encompass real ...

The importance of exchange houses is arguably greater in the Middle East than in other regions due to the large percentage of expats, especially in the GCC where exchange houses enable millions of ...

Forbes Middle East reveals its Top 100 Arab Celebrities for the first time, looking at the popularity and influence of actors, singers and TV personalities from across the region. Judging a ...

The last few months have been tough for listed businesses in the Middle East, with many experiencing a sharp drop in market value due to the coronavirus effect on stock markets worldwide. However, by ...

Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiya became chairman of Qatari Diar in March 2024, having joined its board in 2017 and becoming CEO in 2018. It was established in 2005 by the Qatar Investment Authority and is ...

Haytham Esmat interned at the Space Telescope Science Institute (operated for NASA by AURA), working on the James Webb Space Telescope in the instrumentation team. In 2020, NASA presented her research ...