Al-Lawati founded Aliph Capital in 2021, one of the first female-founded private equity firms in the Middle East. She has 21 years of industry experience. Before Aliph Capital, she held roles such as ...

Saudi investment group Dallah Albaraka Holding was founded in 1969 in Jeddah. The company has grown into a diversified international conglomerate, operating across Asia, Africa, Europe, and North ...

El Sayed has been CEO and managing director of ARTIC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Al Faisal Holding, since 2017. ARTIC’s current portfolio includes over 35 hotels and projects in the Middle East and ...

Fintech startups have created quite a buzz in the region, raising over $100 million in the last five years. Investment in this sector is well warranted, considering the fact that traditional banks ...

Arab women are tapping the startups across the Arab world, some of them succeeded to establish their own startups while others participate with co-founders to start the business, Forbes Middle East ...

Although governments have traditionally held the majority stakes in the Middle East’s top companies—especially listed companies—private businesses have flourished in the region, and many business ...

Maggie McGrath is an associate editor at Forbes and the editor of ForbesWomen, the Forbes vertical dedicated to covering all angles of female entrepreneurship. She loves a good Forbes list, having ...

Forbes Middle East presents the rankings of The Most Influential Arab Women in Government and The Most Influential Arab Women in Family Business in the MENA region. While priding ourselves on creating ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JGv8_ryy28 Arab billionaires staged a comeback. Depressed oil prices that tossed eight billionaires off the FORBES list last year ...

Social media followers across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube Years active in the industry Other influential activities and editorial points ...

Amro is a Financial Services Industry strategist with over 18 years of experience in global markets. He sits on the advisory board as well as lectures at several universities, as a guest speaker on ...

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. Most of the companies on our list of the ...