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2009's best of the best.

GCC’s most admired executives

Welcome to our first ever listing of the GCC's most admired bosses - and what a list it is. From HRH Prince Alwaleed to Emaar chairman Mohammed Alabbar, and Akbar Al Baker of Qatar Airways to Wadah Khanfar, the director general of Al Jazeera International, this really is a list of the best of the best.

Interviews

The Aviators

The Aviators

Arabian Business spoke to the heads of three of the Gulf's leading carriers, to assess the sector's prospects.

Turbulent times

Turbulent times

Kat Slowe talks to Jeff Singer, the CEO of Nasdaq Dubai, on how the stock exchange is dealing with falling share prices...

Blame it on the bankers

Blame it on the bankers

Mashreq chief Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair argues that the US & European banks are to blame for their own downfall.

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Building blocks

Building blocks

John Bullough, the CEO of Abu Dhabi based-Aldar Properties, tells Claire Ferris-Lay why the real estate developer is...

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Runway success

Runway success

Jazeera Airways chief Marwan Boodai about new markets, new managers and future of low-cost airlines.

The view from the top

The view from the top

Gulf Finance House founder and chairman Esam Janahi’s talks strategy, recovery and oil prices.

Above the competition

Above the competition

CEO Middle East asks Arabtec CEO Riad Kamal, the man at the helm of one of the Middle East’s biggest construction companies...

Wild Wadah

Wild Wadah

Being Al Jazeera is no easier today than it was when it launched, the network's director general Wadah Khanfar tells...

Talk of the town

Etisalat chief sets the record straight on profits, products and price wars.

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GCC's Most Admired Executives »

1 Ahmed Al Ameer
2 Abdullah Al Rajhi
3 Adeeb Al Sowailim
4 Adel Ali
5 Adel Aujan
6 Akbar Al Baker
7 Al Ghurair Family
8 Ala’a Eraiqat
9 Bakr Bin Ladin
10 Dr Saad Al Barrak
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