People

• KBusiness leaderKenneth HsuKenneth Jinghwa Hsu is a Chinese paleoclimatologist, oceanographer, and entrepreneur who was born in Nanjing, China.
• NBusiness leaderNahyan bin Mubarak Al NahyanSheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan is an Emirati royal and politician, who currently serves as the minister of tolerance of the United Arab Emirates. Al Nahyan previously served as the minister of culture and the minister of higher education.
• Business leaderFadi ChehadéFadi Chehadé is an information technology executive, founder of RosettaNet and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ICANN. Through Ethos Capital, a private equity company, he unsuccessfully tried to gain control over the .org internet domain.
• Business leaderCaroline GhosnCaroline Ghosn is the eldest child of former Nissan and Renault CEO, Carlos Ghosn.
• Business leaderMichel EddéMichel Eddé was a Lebanese Maronite lawyer, philanthropist, and politician.
• MBusiness leaderMouna AyoubMouna Ayoub is a French socialite and businesswoman of Lebanese origin. Frequently in the media, she is often a guest of the Cannes film festival and makes headlines in French gossip magazines.
• RBusiness leaderRalph YirikianRalph Yirikian is an Armenian businessman who is the current General Director of Ucom, and was formerly the General Director of VivaCell-MTS, a 2005 startup company which became Armenia's leading telecommunications operator and one of the top taxpayers. As reported, he left the company in 2022 to concentrate on his own business.
• Business leaderHussain SajwaniHussain Sajwani is an Emirati billionaire businessman and the founder of the property development company, DAMAC Properties, and his private investment company, DAMAC Group.
• Business leaderMajid bin Mohammed Al MaktoumSheikh Majid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is a member of the House of Maktoum, the ruling royal family of the Emirate of Dubai. He is the fifth son of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Emir of Dubai.
• Business leaderEbrahim Daoud NonooEbrahim Daoud Nonoo is a Bahraini businessman and politician. He was a member in the appointed upper house of the Bahraini Parliament's Shura Council between 2001 and 2006. He was the first Jewish member of the council. He is the current CEO of the Basma Company and president of the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC)
• ALebanese businessman and politician (born 1951)Arthur NazarianArthur Nazarian is a Lebanese businessman and Member of Parliament of Armenian descent. He was the Ministry of Energy in the national unity government headed by Prime Minister Tammam Salam. He has held minister positions in two government agencies, Environment from 1998 to 2000 and Tourism. He was elected in the 2009 elections as a candidate of the Tashnag party, without any opponent in Beirut's second district for one of the Armenian Orthodox seats. He is a member of the Armenian General Benevolent Union.
• Business leaderReem Abu HassanReem Abu Hassan is a Jordanian politician and Government Minister. She has served as the Jordanian Minister of Social Development from 2013 to 2016, which advocates for the welfare of marginalized people in civil society.
• Business leaderAdnan KassarAdnan Kassar was a Lebanese banker, businessman and politician, who served in different cabinet posts.
• Business leaderJassem Al-KharafiJassem Al-Kharafi, was a Kuwaiti oligarch who was the speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly from 1999 to 2011. In his capacity as Speaker in 2006, Al-Kharafi played a critical role in the ascension of Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah to the emirship of Kuwait by coordinating a no-confidence vote of the incumbent emir, Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah. During the reign of Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, his family conglomerate, M.A. Kharafi & Sons, dominated several sectors of the Kuwaiti economy, including construction, telecommunications and investment.
• Business leaderJa'far Abu al-TimmanJa'far Abu al-Timman was an Iraqi revolutionary and politician, who was the leader of Haras al-Istiqlal.
• Business leaderAtta ElayyanAtta Mohammed Elayyan was a Jordanian-New Zealand futsal player, coach, businessman, and developer. As a futsal player, Elayyan played on the New Zealand national futsal team and coached for the Christchurch Boys' High School. As a businessman and developer, he founded several businesses including Lazyworm Applications and LWA Solutions. He was murdered in the Christchurch mosque shootings.
• Business leaderAli al-OmairAli Al-Omair is a Kuwaiti politician. From January 2014 through November 2015, he served as Oil Minister in the cabinet of Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, succeeding Mustafa Jassem Al-Shamali. He was a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the third district. Born in 1958, Al-Omair obtained a PhD in chemistry and worked as a professor before being elected to the National Assembly in 2006. While political parties are technically illegal in Kuwait, Al-Omair affiliates with the Islamic Salafi Alliance party.
• ABusiness leaderAbdulaziz Al-BabtainAbdulaziz Saud Albabtain was a Kuwaiti poet, businessman, and philanthropist.
• Business leaderAbdullah BisharaAbdullah Bishara is a Kuwaiti diplomat and politician, who was the first secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
• Business leaderYara SalmanYara Salman is a Bahraini businesswoman who started her business career by taking over the running of the food franchise Burger Land from her father at 17 years old. She then went on to found several beauty, hospitality, and entertainment enterprises. She is the first person to introduce cryotherapy to Bahrain, and in 2016 was the Bahrain Businesswomen's Society's Entrepreneur of the Year.
• Business leaderNaim DangoorSir Naim Eliahou Dangoor, CBE was a British-Iraqi entrepreneur and philanthropist known for his business ventures.
• Business leaderSirwan BarzaniSirwan Saber Barzani is an Iraqi Kurdish businessman, military commander and convicted fraud. He is a member of the Kurdish Barzani family. He is the older brother of Saywan Barzani, a Kurdish diplomat.
• Business leaderShaswar AbdulwahidShaswar Abdulwahid is an Iraqi Kurdish businessman and politician, leader of New Generation Movement and the founder of NRT media.
• Business leaderIman MutlaqIman Mutlaq is a Jordanian entrepreneur, financier and social activist. She is the founder and chief executive of Sigma Investments, a Jordan-based multinational financial company established in 2006, and founder of the INGOT Group, a consortium of multinational financial companies operating across multiple continents.
• Business leaderMajd ShweikehMajd Shweikeh is a Jordanian businesswoman and politician. From March 2015 to June 2018 she was Minister of information and communications technology. She previously was CEO at Orange Mobile and VTEL.
• Business leaderYousuf Saleh AlyanYousuf Saleh AlOlayan was a Kuwaiti businessman. He was the founder, publisher and chief editor of the Kuwait Times, the first daily newspaper in the Persian Gulf region. In addition, his establishment went on to become the region's first English language newspaper.
• SBusiness leaderSalah NooruddinSalah Abdulla Nooruddin Nooruddin is a Bahraini businessman and the former chairman of Leeds United Football Club.
• Business leaderSuhail BahwanSuhail Salim Bahwan was an Omani billionaire businessman.
• Business leaderAli Hatem al-SuleimanAli Hatem Abd al-Razzaq Ali al-Suleiman al-Assafi al-Dulaimi, better known as Ali Hatem al-Suleiman, is an Iraqi Sunni tribal leader who is the leader of the Dulaim tribe, in the Al Anbar Governorate.
• Business leaderAtheel al-NujaifiAtheel al-Nujaifi is an Iraqi politician. He served as the Governor of Nineveh Governorate from April 2009 until May 2015.
• Business leaderAli AldabbaghAli Aldabbagh is an Iraqi engineer, businessman and politician who served as government spokesman until November 2012.
• Business leaderMuhsin Al-MandalawiMuhsin Ali Akbar Namdar Nazar Al-Mandalawi is an Iraqi businessman, politician and a former member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives. He was elected as the Emir of the Feyli National council in Iraq by the tribal sheikhs, and he is currently representing the Feylis political interests in Iraq.
• Business leaderMohy QuandourMohydeen Izzat Quandour was a Jordanian author, producer, and director of Circassian origin.
• ABusiness leaderAli GhandourAli Ghandour was a Lebanese-Jordanian businessman, the president of ARAM Trading and Technology. He was a native of Lebanon and a Jordanian citizen. Ghandour died on 29 August 29, 2020.
• KBusiness leaderKhairy AmrKhairy Yasser Abdel Moneim Amr is a Jordanian politician. He had served as Minister of Investment from 11 October 2021 until 27 October 2022.
• Business leaderTareq KhouriTareq Sami Hanna Khouri is a Jordanian businessman and politician. He has served multiple terms as a member of the Jordanian House of Representatives and is a former president of Al-Wehdat SC, one of Jordan's most prominent football clubs.
• LBusiness leaderLina ShabibLina Shabib is a Jordanian engineer, politician and former government Minister of Transport.
• Business leaderFaiz Mohammed Ahmed Al KandariFaiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari is a Kuwaiti citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detainment camp in Cuba, from 2002 to 2016. He has never been charged with war crimes.
• BBusiness leaderBader Al-KharafiBader Nasser Al-Kharafi is a businessman from Kuwait. He holds the positions of Vice Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer at Zain Group, a telecommunications company based in Kuwait.
• FBusiness leaderFawzi Al-KharafiFawzi Al-Kharafi was a Kuwaiti billionaire businessman.

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