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DUBAI AUTHORITY · DIRECTORY

The Leaders
Shaping the UAE

A curated directory of 110 entrepreneurs, executives, and visionaries across 9 industries — the people building the future of the Gulf.

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★ Featured Leaders

Directory

110 leaders
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Finance

Nouriel Roubini

Economist & Founder, Roubini Macro Associates

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Excellence in Dubai

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Former UN Secretary-General

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Excellence in Dubai

Naomi Klein

Author & Climate Justice Advocate

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Excellence in Dubai

Rigoberta Menchú

Nobel Laureate & Indigenous Rights Leader

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Finance

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

President of Singapore

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Developers & Real Estate

Zaha Hadid

Pritzker Prize-winning Architect

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Excellence in Dubai

Amina J. Mohammed

UN Deputy Secretary-General

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Technology

Marc Benioff

CEO, Salesforce

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Excellence in Dubai

Mia Mottley

Prime Minister of Barbados

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Investments

Adebayo Ogunlesi

Chairman, Global Infrastructure Partners

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