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Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed has topped the Arabian Business Power 500 for the ninth consecutive year.
The Kingdom Holding chairman took pole position in the Arabian Business annual countdown of the world’s most influential Arabs – just ahead of Emirates Airline chairman Sheikh Ahmed.
See the full list of the world's 500 most powerful Arabs here.
The Olympic double gold champion Mo Farah was the highest ranked new entry in third place, one slot ahead of Emaar boss Mohamed Alabbar. Twitter’s operations chief Mazen Rawashdeh was the second highest new entry at number five.
The top ten featured five new entries, with heart surgeon Daoud Hanania in eighth place, with Soros fund boss Abbas Zuwaiter at number ten.
The 2013 list featured a record 155 new entries, and also a record 118 women – the highest ranked being 12th place Sheikha Lubna.
The UAE accounted for most places on the list with 102 people based in the country, though ranked by origin, Saudi Arabia came top with 84 entries.
Banking and Finance dominated the list with 93 entries, followed by Culture & Society accounting for 73 entries.
See pictures of the world's most powerful Arabs here.
Ed Atwood, Editor of Arabian Business, said: “Once again we have produced what we believe to be the most comprehensive guide ever to Arab influence. We have Arabs living in a record 36 different countries making this year’s list, from all walks of life. This list is a celebration of the great work and contribution of Arabs all over the globe.”
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Tuesday, 21 May 2013 11:34 AM - abusidraI agree with Hisham, be it France where Arab youth are arrested for no reason or the US which jails Arabs in Guantanamo, the West has no right to complain... more
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Monday, 20 May 2013 10:27 AM - Louie Tedesco
Having seen how Lebanese and Jordanians treat their housemaids, I sure wouldn't want to be an Arabtec employee.
I am a Sri Lankan, and would prefer... more
Kuwaitis to Kuwaitis? Inshallah that will be implemented strictly so we get to see how they work on their own without the help of the expats.. Good luck... more
Monday, 20 May 2013 5:34 PM - cheziHappy employees, happy customers. Quite simple actually. 60,000 unhappy staff, well, you do the math on how many unhappy customers can result from poor... more
Monday, 20 May 2013 10:27 AM - Louie TedescoIslam is not better than any other religion, to all the muslims out there, stop putting yourself on a pedestal, you are filled with self importance that... more
Tuesday, 14 May 2013 9:58 AM - graeme
Having seen how Lebanese and Jordanians treat their housemaids, I sure wouldn't want to be an Arabtec employee.
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