Top 100 Arabs 2025

71. Mishal Hamed Kanoo

Chairman, The Kanoo Group

Origin: UAE

Residence: UAE / Bahrain

Sector: Diversified

2024 Rank: 69

Born and raised in Dubai, Kanoo is the chairman of The Kanoo Group, one of the largest independent, family-owned groups of companies in the Gulf region.

Kanoo has extensive experience in not only regional business affairs and capital markets but also in the fields of travel, shipping, machinery, power, chemicals, as well as oil and gas.

The dynamic business personality is also a visiting lecturer at the American University of Sharjah School of Business Administration, and it is under his leadership that Kanoo Group has been investing in several renewable energy projects for two decades.

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