Barwa Real Estate Company is Qatar’s largest property developer by market value. Leading the company through the highs and the lows, chairman Hitmi Al Hitmi has also become an influential businessman in the gas-rich country. Barwa has a market capitalisation of some $3.02bn. It employs over 600 staff, almost half of whom are Qatari nationals. While the group’s main activities are in Qatar, it also has investments and operations in thirteen other countries regionally and internationally.