https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/top-100-healthcare-leaders-2023/hazem-darweesh-zagzoug/
Zagzoug has been at the helm of Andalusia Group for nearly 25 years. The group was established in 1984. Today, it works through 11 medical entities in Saudi...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/global-meets-local-2024/helmut-von-struve/
Von Struve was appointed to his current position in May 2020, having joined Siemens in 2000. In April 2024, Aldar Properties announced a partnership with...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/top-50-travel-leaders-in-the-middle-east/mark-willis/
Willis joined the Accor Group in September 2018. The company runs over 405 hotels and 87,900 rooms in the Middle East, Africa, and India, with brands including...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/global-meets-local-2024/julio-de-la-rosa-jurado/
Jurado assumed his current role when he joined ACCIONA in July 2016. In December 2023, ACCIONA completed the construction of the Jubail 3B and Shuqaiq 4...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/top-50-listed-companies-in-egypt-2022/export-development-bank-of-egypt-ebank/
EBank started operations in 1983 to boost Egyptian exports in sectors such as agriculture, industrials, and commerce. In May 2022, the bank increased its...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/20-women-behind-middle-eastern-tech-brands-2022/soumia-benturquia/
Benturquia is the founder and CEO of FODEL, a parcel pick-up provider for online shoppers in the GCC with five branches across the U.A.E., Saudi Arabia,...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/travel-and-tourism-leaders-2024/
Thanks to their geographical position and historical and cultural richness, Middle East countries are attracting both tourists and investors. In 2023, the...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/global-meets-local-2024/ahmad-nasser/
Nasser assumed his current role in 2023, having joined the Hershey Company in 2014. In 2023, the Hershey Company recorded $11.16 billion in net sales...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/yousef-abdullah-al-benyan/
SABIC reported revenues of $31.1 billion in 2020, the same year Saudi Aramco acquired a 70% stake in the company for $69.1 billion. Before leading SABIC,...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/top-100-arab-family-businesses-2025/al-faisal-holding/
Al Faisal Holding was established in 1964 to trade in automotive parts. Today, the group operates across various sectors, including real estate, hospitality,...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/global-meets-local-2025/anthony-nakache-abdul-rahman-al-thehaiban/
Anthony Nakache and Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban assumed their current positions in 2022 and 2021, respectively. In December 2024, Google partnered with Hub71 to...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/ar/lists/30-under-30-2025/
تؤدي المواهب الشابة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا دورًا بارزًا لكسر حاجز...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/50-most-valuable-banks-2023/ahlibank/
Ahlibank was established in 1983 as a public shareholding company. Today, it has a network of 14 branches and 89 ATMs across Qatar. In April 2022, Ahlibank and...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/top-100-most-powerful-businesswomen-2023/pakinam-kafafi/
Kafafi has more than 18 years of industry experience. She has been with TAQA Arabia since 2006 and was appointed to her current role in 2013. In May 2022, the...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/30-under-30-2023/khoubaib-kouas-2/
Kouas is a YouTuber and travel enthusiast, having traveled to 47 countries across four continents. His YouTube channel has over 104.5 million views and 1.8...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/global-meets-local-2024/rawad-sarieddine/
Sarieddine joined CrowdStrike in Dubai in 2017 as senior director of META and assumed his current role in 2020. CrowdStrike is a Nasdaq-listed company that...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/30-under-30-2025/plestia-alaqad/
Alaqad is a Palestinian journalist and author who, at 21, gained international recognition for her daily coverage of the Gaza war on social media, before...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/worlds-richest-arabs-2023/mohamed-al-fayed/
Mohamed Al Fayed was born in Alexandria, Egypt and moved in the mid-1960s to the U.K., where he made his fortune. He's best known for being the one-time owner...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/top-100-arab-family-businesses-in-the-middle-east-2021/hayel-saeed-anam-group/
The HSA Group engages in manufacturing, trading, banking and insurance, oil and gas, real estate development, general services, agriculture, among other...
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https://www.inquirer.com/arts/forbes-30-under-30-philadelphia-honorees-20241204.html
Other honorees from the area include sports broadcast host Elisabeth Marchini, Alchemize Fightwear founder Maya Nazareth, and Berwyn native Jahnavi Rao
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/20-women-behind-middle-eastern-tech-brands-2022/yasmine-abdel-karim/
CEO Abdel Karim cofounded YFS with Khashayar Mahdavi to offer on-demand logistics, specializing in instant delivery and dark store management. Today, the...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/30-under-30-2025/hind-khoudary/
Khoudary is an English-language reporter in Gaza for Al Jazeera. She previously worked for the UN World Food Programme, advocating for food security across the...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/global-meets-local-2021/zainab-kufaishi/
Zainab has 18 years of experience, 12 years of which she has spent with Invesco. Zainab has also served on the board of the Dubai chapter of Ellevate, a...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/30-under-30-2021/aboudy-farkh/
Farkh founded the Blue Terra marketplace for sustainable products in the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia after a short career as a professional basketball player in...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/the-worlds-richest-arabs-2025/othman-benjelloun-family/
Othman Benjelloun is CEO of BMCE Bank of Africa, which has a presence in more than 20 African countries. His father was a shareholder in RMA, a Moroccan...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/top-50-listed-companies-in-egypt-2022/natural-gas-mining-project-egypt-gas/
Egypt Gas is majority-owned by the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company, which has an 80% stake. The company recorded profits of $9 million in 2021, a 95.6%...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/the-middle-easts-50-most-funded-startups/almentor-net/
Founders: Ihab Fikry, Ibrahim Kamel, Hesham Heikal, Abdelrhman Fahmy and Husni Khuffash The Middle East's 50 Most-Funded Startups Rank: #24 Almentor.net...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/most-impactful-real-estate-leaders-2025/
TThe real estate industry in MENA experienced a remarkable year in 2024, characterized by robust growth, record-breaking transactions, and increasing investor...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/top-100-arab-family-businesses-in-the-middle-east-2021/al-qahtani-holding/
Al Qahtani Holding was founded by Abdulhadi Abdullah Al Qahtani. Today its businesses cover beverages production and distribution, manufacturing, oil and gas,...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/global-meets-local-2024/rola-abu-manneh/
Abu Manneh joined the boards of Standard Chartered Pakistan and Standard Chartered Uganda as a director in January and May 2023, respectively, and assumed her...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/top-50-travel-leaders-in-the-middle-east/hussain-ibrahim-alfardan/
Alfardan established the Alfardan Group in 1954. It expanded to include Alfardan Hospitality in 2006. Its hotels include the Marsa Malaz Kempinski, the...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/global-meets-local-2024/gabriel-podskubka/
Podskubka began his career with Tenaris in 1995 and assumed his current role in April 2023. In February 2024, Tenaris opened a $60 million industrial complex...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/100-most-powerful-businesswomen-2024/shazia-syed/
Syed assumed her current role in 2021 and is also the Arabia Senior Customer Development Lead. She joined Unilever in 1989. She also sits on the board of...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/10-sustainable-startups-in-the-middle-east/
Regional startups are using technology to disrupt traditional business and keep the Middle East on the pulse in global innovation. In doing so, they are...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/global-meets-local-2024/amine-bel-hadj-soulami/
Soulami has been with Paribas for 36 years, having started with the company as an IT and organization analyst in France in 1987. He assumed his current role in...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/30-under-30-2024/najlah-imad/
Najlah Imad started participating in Para table tennis in 2015 and became a member of a national league in 2018. She won a gold medal in the WS6 women's...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/global-meets-local-2024/michael-young/
Young assumed his current role in July 2024. For 2023, total leasing value amounted to $20 billion globally, with a transaction value of $285.3 billion. In...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/the-middle-easts-fashion-innovators-2024/ali-karoui/
Tunisian-born Karoui is a haute couture designer based in the U.A.E. He established his business in 2012 and has since dressed celebrities such as Beyonce, Fan...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/global-meets-local-2024/james-allan/
Allan joined JLL in 2008 and took on his current role in 2023. He manages over 1,900 people across offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah, Al Khobar,...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/global-meets-local-2024/tarek-rizk/
Rizk assumed his current role in July 2020, having joined the company in 2000. In June 2024, SLB signed a strategic partnership with the Waha Oil Company in...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/10-biggest-logistics-companies-in-mena/dp-world/
DP World is one of the largest operators of ports and cargo terminals in the world. Over 56,000 people work for the company across 181 operations globally. It...
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https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/forbes-lists-ahrc-new-york-city-as-one-of-americas-best-mid-size-employers-301480178.html
/PRNewswire/ -- Today, AHRC New York City was named one of Forbes America's Best Midsize Employers for a second consecutive year. Founded in 1949, AHRC NYC...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/top-100-healthcare-leaders-2023/ahmed-kelani/
Kelani assumed his current role in 2019. EIPICO, one of the largest pharmaceutical production companies in Egypt, was behind 25% of the total Egyptian...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/global-meets-local-2024/olfat-sami-berro/
Berro assumed her current role in 2019, having joined the company in 2003. In June 2023, Roche signed an MoU with the American University of Beirut and its...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/100-most-powerful-businesswomen-2025/sara-abdulhadi/
Abdulhadi was appointed CEO at GIB in Bahrain in March 2024. Abdulhadi is also a non-executive director at GIB Asset Management. She first joined GIB in 2019...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/top-100-listed-companies-2023/multiply-group/
Multiply Group is a subsidiary of IHC. It was listed on ADX in December 2021. Multiply Group has two arms, Multiply and Multiply+. Multiply operates and...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/top-100-healthcare-leaders-2023/abdullah-al-keraidis/
Formerly known as Al Muhaideb Dental Clinics Group, Al Meswak Dental Clinics is the largest dental and dermatology network in Saudi Arabia, employing about...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/top-30-fintech-companies-2023/eazy-financial-services-eazypay/
EazyPay offers online payment services, payment gateways, and POS systems in Bahrain. In September 2022, it partnered with Binance to allow customers to pay at...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/global-meets-local-2024/taha-khalifa/
Khalifa joined Intel Corp. in 1995 as a senior software engineer in California and assumed his current role in 2018. He has also been the GCC enterprise and...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/30-under-30-2025/othmane-maamma/
Maamma has emerged as one of the standout stars of the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025, playing a pivotal role in securing Morocco a first-ever FIFA title. His...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/20-women-behind-middle-eastern-tech-brands-2022/ola-doudin/
Doudin is the CEO of the BitOasis crypto trading platform, which she cofounded with Daniel Robenek. The startup has raised a total of $30 million through six...
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https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/30-under-30-2021/rachel-decker/
Decker co-founded advisory firm Decker & Halabi in 2018. The company has since advised corporates and family offices across the GCC, competing with global...
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