Top 100 Arabs 2025

62. Kutayba Yusuf Alghanim

Executive chairman, Alghanim Industries

Origin: Kuwait

Residence: Kuwait

Sector: Diversified

2024 Rank: 60

The chairman of Alghanim Industries, who was first brought to the company by his father as the managing director, has significantly introduced contemporary business culture and modernised the organisation since joining the company.

Not only did Alghanim Industries become the first company in Kuwait to have an IBM mainframe under Alghanim’s leadership, but it also came to recognise the importance of feedback and professional criticism, transforming the company from a privately owned family business to a professionally managed firm in the region.

In 2003, he founded the DIYA orphanage in Lebanon, and extended his work for orphaned children through his involvement in the Children’s Home project in Kuwait.

The project involves the renovation and restoration of six homes, a central kitchen, and an outdoor play area.

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