There ’ s more to Emaar founder Mohamed Ali Alabbar than the world ’ s tallest building – from shaping Dubai ’ s physical landscape to powering the region ’ s digital landscape
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MOHAMED ALI ALABBAR
The mastermind behind the world ’ s tallest building
There ’ s more to Emaar founder Mohamed Ali Alabbar than the world ’ s tallest building – from shaping Dubai ’ s physical landscape to powering the region ’ s digital landscape
WRITTEN BY : KATE BIRCH
Few business leaders have made as much impression on their home nation as Mohamed Ali Alabbar has on the United Arab Emirates – and especially the city of Dubai .
The 67-year-old , multi-faceted entrepreneur made his name working for the Dubai government , as the founding director general of the Department of Economic Development ( DED ) in the early nineties .
But it was the next stage in his stellar career that really changed the Dubai landscape – literally .
As the founder ( 1997 ) and Chairman of world-leading developer Emaar Properties , Alabbar was behind landmark developments
20 January 2024