Power Businesswomen in The Middle East 2020

Most of the people on this list have been working their way up a steep career ladder for decades to reach the top of their professions. If there were glass ceilings to be smashed, these are some of the titans that first smashed them. In the 2020 list, there are 22 new entries and 23
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World’s Richest Arabs 2020

The richest people on Earth are not immune to the coronavirus. As the pandemic tightened its grip at the start of 2020, global equity markets imploded, tanking many fortunes. As of March 18, when Forbes finalized its 2020 World Billionaires list, it counted 2,095 billionaires—58 fewer than last year, and 226 fewer than March 6,
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Top 10 Saudi Family Businesses In The Middle East

Family businesses are the backbone of the Middle East’s economies, with some of the largest businesses in the region run by families through private companies. Forbes Middle East will be releasing the full list of the Top 100 Family Businesses In The Middle East on Sunday. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest producer
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Top 10 Arab Family Businesses In The Middle East

Family businesses are the backbone of the Middle East’s economies, with some of the largest businesses in the region run by families through private companies. Forbes Middle East will release its list of the Top 100 Family Businesses In The Middle East next week. Ahead of its release, here’s a look at the Top 10 most powerful
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Eng. Saif S. AlQahtani, President and CEO of the King Salman Energy Park (SPARK)

Eng. Saif S. AlQahtani, President and CEO of the King Salman Energy Park (SPARK), discusses energy supply chain investments in Saudi Arabia. What are the key challenges facing the energy sector in Saudi Arabia as we approach 2021? We face a two-fold responsibility of driving domestic economic diversification by localizing goods and services, as well
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How Rania Nashar, Saudi’s First Female Banking CEO, Is Spearheading Gender Policy Change

Emerging evidence on the impact of COVID-19 suggests that women’s economic and productive lives will be affected disproportionately and differently from men. Before COVID-19 became a global pandemic, women were doing three times as much unpaid care and domestic work as men, according to a UN report, “The Impact of COVID-19 on Women.” The situation
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Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi First Arab Woman To Be Appointed IPA President

History has been made at the International Publishers Association (IPA). Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi has become the first woman from the Arab world, and only the second woman ever, to be appointed IPA President since the organization was founded in 1896. The historic announcement was made at the virtual General Assembly Congress (GAC)
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Pakinam Kafafi, CEO Of TAQA Arabia, Is Pushing It To New Frontiers

In a lonely patch of desert in southern Egypt, near the city of Aswan, lies a stretch of land covered in gleaming solar panels. Benban Solar Park—a major milestone for the Arab world’s most populous country as it embraces renewable energy—recently began producing power. “This is a megaproject that every single Egyptian is proud of,”
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Influential Emirati Businesswoman Raja Al Gurg Unveils Her Career Secrets

Raja Easa Al Gurg, Managing Director of the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group, has become the first Emirati businesswoman to write an autobiography, entitled “Raja Al Gurg—An Autobiography“. The autobiography dives into Al Gurg’s life, from her childhood on the banks of Dubai Creek to studying in Kuwait, through to her early career at Za’abeel
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Abdullah Alkhorayef, CEO of the Alkhorayef Commercial Company: Time For Optimism

Abdullah Ibrahim Alkhorayef, CEO of the Alkhorayef Commercial Company and the Alkhorayef Industrial Company shares his insights on Saudi’s economic markets and Vision 2030. How has Saudi’s Vision 2030 changed the direction of the Alkhorayef Group, and how are you supporting this vision? Vision 2030 is a very pure, clear direction for all companies, and
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