The Most Famous
BUSINESSPEOPLE from United Arab Emirates
This page contains a list of the greatest Emirati Businesspeople. The pantheon dataset contains 847 Businesspeople, 1 of which were born in United Arab Emirates. This makes United Arab Emirates the birth place of the 54th most number of Businesspeople behind Armenia, and Portugal.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Emirati Businesspeople of all time. This list of famous Emirati Businesspeople is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan (b. 1970)
With an HPI of 51.08, Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the most famous Emirati Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 28 different languages on wikipedia.
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: منصور بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان; born 20 November 1970), often referred to as Sheikh Mansour, is an Emirati royal and politician who is the current vice president and deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, as well as the minister of presidential court and member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi. He is the brother of the current president of the UAE, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and is married to Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai. A billionaire, he holds stakes in a variety of football clubs through City Football Group, including current Premier League winners Manchester City F.C. Mansour is involved in various state-owned businesses in the UAE. He is chairman of the two UAE sovereign wealth funds (Emirates Investment Authority, Mubadala Investment Company) and a board member of a third (Abu Dhabi Investment Authority). He is chairman of the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). Mansour is the owner of the Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG), an investment company for the Abu Dhabi royal family, that acquired Manchester City in September 2008. The football club, which is operated by Khaldoon Al Mubarak and the CFG, has overseen a significant transformation since the takeover, having won seven top-flight league titles, including its first in 44 years and first Premier League title in 2012 and the Champions League title in 2023. Mansour owns multiple other sports clubs, including New York City FC in Major League Soccer. Human rights groups and other critics have characterized Sheikh Mansour's sports investments as sportswashing to improve the image of the UAE amid its controversial human rights record.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Emirati businesspeople born between 1970 and 1970. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Emirati businesspeople include Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
