Home lists Top 100 most powerful Arabs 2021 Badr Jafar CEO, Crescent Enterprises Origin: UAE/Iraq Residence: UAE Sector: Diversified The Emirati billionaire alumni of Eton, Cambridge and Harvard is the CEO of diversified conglomerate Crescent Enterprises and also the chairman of Gulftainer, the world’s largest privately- owned container port operator. While still actively involved in his businesses, Jafar has turned his attention to building a legacy. The Giving Pledge signee launched the Centre for Strategic Philanthropy initiative of Cambridge University last year to ensure targeted and high-impact distribution of charitable donations worldwide, as part of efforts to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.