Mohamed A. Alabbar

Mr. Mohamed Alabbar is a global entrepreneur with active interests in real estate, retail, hospitality, e-commerce, technology, logistics, food and beverage, and venture capital.

Since 1997, he has been at the forefront of global real estate, leading marquee real estate development companies.

He is the Founder and Managing Director of Emaar Properties — developer of the world’s tallest building and is Chairman of Eagle Hills — a leading emerging markets real estate developer. He has spearheaded the growth of Emaar Properties, attaining an unmatched track record of successfully developing iconic futuristic residential, retail, entertainment, hospitality, and leisure assets, transforming people’s lifestyles globally. Over the years, he has developed world-class, mixed-use projects, including his retail businesses, across 20+ markets of the Middle East, North and Sub- Saharan Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, South and Southeast Asia, and the US.

In addition, Mr. Alabbar has driven the growth of several regional players into world- renowned sector champions. He is Chairman of Americana Group, the largest integrated food company in the Middle East. He is the Director of noon.com, a company he founded that has gone on to become the leading e-commerce platform in the region. He was also the Chairman and Co-founder of RSH Limited, a leading pan-Asian and Middle Eastern marketer, distributor, and retailer of internationally renowned sports, golf, active lifestyle, and fashion brands with a portfolio of over 70 brands and a distribution network spanning more than 40 countries in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region, as well as more than 1,000 freestanding stores and shops-in-shops.

Mr. Alabbar is also a shareholder in Artstreet Limited, which owns interests in the real estate business. He is the Chairman of Zand, one of the world’s first combined digital corporate and retail banks to launch from the UAE. A finance and business administration graduate from Seattle University in the US, Mr. Alabbar also holds an Honorary Doctorate from Seattle University, an Honorary Doctorate from London School of Economics and Political Science, and an Honorary Doctorate from Sun Moon University in South Korea.