< Previous40 Vol. 22/03S, March 2021 THE AR AB POWER LIS T / 2021 Zayed Hussein Al Baddad Founding partner, ALBADDAD Capital Group INDUSTRY Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem Group chairman and CEO, DP World TRANSPORT Dr Sultan Al Jaber UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Managing Director & Group CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) ENERGY Sultan Bin Mohammed Bin Saud Al Kabeer Co-founder, Almarai INDUSTRY AL BADDAD HAS MORE THAN a quarter of a century of experience, having held senior leadership positions across a number of sectors, including management, investment project development and company restructuring. Born in Abu Dhabi in 1973, but holding a Jordanian nationality, he has been the driving force behind the global expansion of Albaddad Group. AL KABEER IS A MEMBER OF THE House of Saud and a prolific businessman. He is one of the founders of Almarai, the largest vertically integrated dairy foods company in the world. He is also chairman of several other companies including Zain, Arabian Shield, Global Downstream Industries and Global Chemical industries. BIN SULAYEM’S LEADERSHIP of DP World has spearheaded the rapid expansion of Dubai’s infrastructure, including ports and free zones, with Jebel Ali Port and Free Zone (JAFZA) accounting for 33.4 percent of Dubai’s GDP, or $37.29 billion. He is also chairman of Virgin Hyperloop, the futuristic rapid transportation system. Bin Sulayem is a leader in developing the infrastructure supporting Dubai’s successful tourism industry, establishing and leading Nakheel, the real estate and tourism property development firm behind The Palm, the world’s largest man-made islands. He is a Board Member of the Dubai Executive Council and the UAE Federal Tax Authority. IN HIS ROLE AS MINISTER, Dr Al Jaber oversees efforts to further expand the industrial development of the UAE and increase its competitiveness, helping drive economic growth by catalysing the diversification of the UAE’s economy. Since being appointed Group CEO of ADNOC, Dr Al Jaber has spearheaded a rapid and comprehensive transformation of the company at the direction of the UAE leadership. He has initiated a program of increased efficiencies, strengthened ADNOC’s overall performance and fostered a more commercial mindset.arabianbusiness.com 41 THE AR AB POWER LIS T / 2021 Talal Al Ajmi CEO & Founder, VI Markets TRADING TALAL AL AJMI IS A YOUNG Kuwaiti entrepreneur, and his passion for financial markets and trading has seem him become a well-known figures in the field, both in Kuwait and the wider region. He graduated from the University of Philadelphia with a bachelor’s degree in information technology, however, he had always seen himself as an entrepreneur and businessman. He started his journey of success at an early stage while at university, where he managed couple of small family businesses with his cousins and brothers. Upon returning to Kuwait, he wanted to pursue his dream and work at an invest- ment company to gain more knowledge. After holding various positions in several financial companies, he was inspired to move forward and build his empire. Talal lever- aged his experience as a finan- cial broker to launch a new career as an entrepreneur. His ambition had no boundaries, and he believes that through education anything is possible. In 2010 he founded and established Version Inter- national Markets in Kuwait, where he is CEO, while also a board member at One Financial Markets (the main partner). VI Markets provides investors in Kuwait a tailored online trading service, part- nered with One Financial Markets, which was estab- lished in London in 2007. One Financial Markets is regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Author- ity (FCA) and offers global presence with local expertise 2007 The year in which One Financial Markets was established in London through its wholly owned and affiliated offices across the Middle East, Europe, South America and Central and Southeast Asia. As with any other business, the journey was full of chal- lenges. Al Ajmi faced count- less difficulties – the main one was to secure capital as a start-up, and then raising societal awareness through education on how to trade in international markets. His goal has been to promote sustainable devel- opment via education. After establishing VI Markets in a modest building with few employees, despite fierce competition from differ- ent existing companies, he managed to move forward and build it step by step. His main focus was to educate the people in Kuwait who are interested in trading and help them start their own journey by managing their portfolios. Social media served him well as he attracted a huge base of new and existing trad- ers in Kuwait and the Middle East through sharing with them his daily trades and educating them on portfolio management, which brought him closer to the audience. Because he believed anything is possible through education, he had always wanted to start an initia- tive that served women in Kuwait and the Middle East. Knowing that they shared the same desire to enter financial markets but were shy to open up during company work- shops, the idea of Yasmeen came up. Yasmeen is a forum exclusively for women, designed to support female empowerment in business and the world of financial investment through bespoke educational services and outstanding personal support, tailored training and trading solutions that support growth and pursue commercial and educational goals. Al Ajmi changed the concept of trading within this market through providing workshops and seminars and obtaining FCA licences, which insured credibility and profes- sionalism. His clear, consist- ent vision has paved the way with continuous success and allowed him to obtain high market share in Kuwait and the Middle East, along with gaining the best partner in the region in One Financial Markets. Al Ajmi is not only passion- ate about trading. He is a collector of unique watches and a ‘loyal fanatic’ Manches- ter United supporter. He believes that giving back through charitable projects is a great way to allow those less fortunate to contribute equally to society. That’s why he has built charitable schools across Indonesia and India, promoting education even though it’s outside his field of trading. 42 Vol. 22/03S, March 2021 THE AR AB POWER LIS T / 2021 Lubna Olayan Lujaina Darwish Majid Al Futtaim Majid Jafar Makarem S. Batterjee Mansour Bin Jabr Marwan Bin Jassim Al Sarkal Mazin Khoury Mohamed Alabbar Mohamed Ali Al Hammadi Mohamed Hadid Mohamed Salah Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Alajlan Mohammed Qasem Al Ali Myriam Fares Nadine Labaki Nadhmi Auchi Naguib Sawiris Najla Al Midfa Nashwa Al Ruwaini Nasser Sulaiman Al Nasser Nazem Kadri Nemat Talaat Shafi k Nidal Abou-Ltaif Omar Abdulrahman Pierre Choueiri Rashid Alabbar Rashid Al Ghurair Rashida Tlaib Rami Malek Randa Abdel Fattah Randa Bessiso Reem Abdel Rahim Binkaram Reem Al Hashimy Reem Asaad Riyad Mahrez Rola Abu Manneh Ronald Boueri Ronaldo Mouchawar Saif Belhasa Samar Alshorafa Samer Soliman Samia Halaby Sarah Al Amiri Sarah Shuhail Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem Dr Sultan Al Jaber Sultan Bin Mohammed Bin Saud Al Kabeer Talal Al Ajmi Zayed Hussein Al Baddad Abdallah Massaad Abdalla Sultan Al Owais Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Abdulaziz Al Sowailim Dr Abdullatif M. Alshamsi Ahmed Abou Hashima Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum Ahmed Fahour Aisha Bin Bishr Ali Rashid Lootah Amin Nasser Amina Al Rostamani Areej Mohsin Haider Darwish Ashraf El Afi fi Ayman Hariri Ayman Jamal Badr Al Olama Badr Jafar Bandar bin Ibrahim Alkhorayef Bayan Mahmoud Al-Zahran Carlos Slim Helu Charles Elachi Dr Cherif Sleiman Elham Yousry Mahfouz Elie Saab Elissa Freiha Fadi Jawad Fadi Ghandour Faisal Al Bannai Faisal Faqeeh Farida Al Hosni Fatima Al Jaber Georges Richani Ghaith Al Ghaith Dr Habib Al Mulla Hadi Ghanem Hala Gorani Hatem Dowidar Dr Hayat Sindi Huda Kattan Hussein Sajwani Ismail Al Hammadi Issam Kazim Jamal Abdulla Lootah Jassim Alseddiqi Joumana Haddad Khaled Al Huraimel Khaled Alshehhi Khalid Elgibali INDUSTRY INDUSTRY BANKING FINANCE EDUCATION INDUSTRY CULTURE AND SOCIETY AVIATION FINANCE TECHNOLOGY DIVERSIFIED ENERGY DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRY INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY MEDIA INVESTMENT ENERGY INDUSTRY LAW INVESTMENT SCIENCE AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY BANKING FASHION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENERGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEFENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REAL ESTATE GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION BANKING AVIATION LAW MEDIA MEDIA TELECOMS SCIENCE RETAIL REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE HOSPITALITY FACILITIES MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT MEDIA SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNMENT FINANCE 5 5 5 5 11 5 6 8 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 12 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 16 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 20 18 18 18 18 22 18 23 27 27 24 27 26 28 27 31 27 27 31 30 31 31 31 32 32 32 32 32 32 35 35 35 36 35 35 34 34 34 34 34 36 36 36 36 36 39 39 38 39 39 39 40 40 40 41 40 BANKING DIVERSIFIED RETAIL ENERGY DIVERSIFIED DIVERSIFIED INVESTMENT FINANCE REAL ESTATE MARKETS REAL ESTATE SPORTS RETAIL INVESTMENT ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT FINANCE TELECOMS ENTREPRENEURSHIP DIVERSIFIED SUSTAINABILITY SPORTS EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY SPORTS MEDIA RETAIL RETAIL POLITICS ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA EDUCATION CULTURE AND SOCIETY GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY SPORTS BANKING RETAIL E-COMMERCE DIVERSIFIED CULTURE AND SOCIETY FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT SCIENCE CULTURE AND SOCIETY LOGISTICS ENERGY ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT TRADING INDUSTRY The full list /Name / SECTOR / page numberConstructive. 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