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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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Excellence in Dubai

Amr Moussa

Former Arab League Secretary-General

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Excellence in Dubai

Marian Wright Edelman

Founder, Children's Defense Fund

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Finance

Hernando de Soto

Economist & Author

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Excellence in Dubai

Zainab Salbi

Founder, Women for Women International

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Excellence in Dubai

Kofi Annan

Former UN Secretary-General

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Vandana Shiva

Environmental Activist

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Finance

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Author & Risk Scholar

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Excellence in Dubai

Michelle Bachelet

Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Excellence in Dubai

António Guterres

UN Secretary-General

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Excellence in Dubai

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Former Executive Director, UN Women

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