Khalid Al Ameri: The Emirati Who Turned Storytelling Into a Stanford-Backed Global Business
When Khalid Al Ameri first began posting videos on Facebook from his Abu Dhabi apartment in 2014, the concept of an Emirati man narrating...
Dr. Sara Al Madani: The Emirati Entrepreneur Who Started at 15 and Never Stopped Building
Most entrepreneurs point to a university project, a failed job, or a late-night idea as the origin of their first business. Dr. Sara Al...
Abdulmajeed Alsukhan: How a Saudi Central Bank Alumnus Built the Kingdom’s First Fintech Unicorn
There is a particular irony in the fact that Abdulmajeed Alsukhan, the man who disrupted Saudi Arabia's financial sector with a new generation of...
Hosam Arab: The Man Who Built the Middle East’s Most Valuable Fintech from a Dubai Apartment
In 2019, Hosam Arab was sitting in a modest Dubai apartment with a whiteboard, a co-founder, and a single conviction: that the GCC's hundreds...
Mohamed Alabbar: The Visionary Behind Emaar, Burj Khalifa and Noon E-Commerce
Mohamed Alabbar is the most recognisable name in GCC real estate and e-commerce, the founder of Emaar Properties who built the Burj Khalifa and...
GCC Business Leaders 2026: The Executives Shaping the Gulf Economy
The Gulf Cooperation Council has produced a generation of business leaders who rank among the most consequential corporate figures in the emerging world. As...
How Careem Became the Arab World’s First Major Tech Unicorn: The $3.1 Billion Story
When Uber acquired Dubai-based ride-hailing app Careem for $3.1 billion in January 2020, it marked the largest tech exit in Arab world history, and...
Mohamed Alabbar and Emaar: The Business Leader Who Built Modern Dubai
Few business figures have shaped the physical landscape of a city as profoundly as Mohamed Alabbar has shaped Dubai. As the founder and long-time...
