Peng Xiao

Peng Xiao is a global technology and business leader with a track record of building breakthrough products, driving customer success, and delivering strong commercial outcomes.

As group CEO of G42, Peng is responsible for shaping the group’s business and product strategies, while overseeing its portfolio of operating companies across a wide range of industry verticals.

He is a board member of MBZUAI, the world’s first research-based graduate AI university, located in Abu Dhabi. Prior to G42, Peng served as senior executive vice president, CTO, and CIO at MicroStrategy, where he spent over a decade in the enterprise software industry, collaborating with leading global technology companies.

Peng is also a council member of the Abu Dhabi Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology Council (AIATC), which is focused on developing and implementing strategies, research initiatives, infrastructure development, and investment programmes to strengthen Abu Dhabi’s global AI leadership. In this role, he works closely with both local and international partners to position the emirate as a top-tier AI hub. Under Xiao’s leadership, G42 is spearheading several transformative initiatives. Notably, the company is building Stargate UAE, a 1 gigawatt AI supercomputing cluster, in collaboration with OpenAI and Oracle. This state-of-the-art facility will also feature contributions from Cisco — providing zero-trust security and AI-ready connectivity — SoftBank Group, and NVIDIA, which will supply its latest Grace Blackwell GB300 systems. The first 200-megawatt cluster is expected to go live in 2026, offering nation-scale compute and ultra-low latency inferencing capabilities.

Stargate UAE lays the groundwork for scalable, trusted AI infrastructure. It is set to accelerate scientific discovery and foster innovation across key sectors such as healthcare, energy, finance, and transportation — supporting economic growth and national development.

In June, G42 further expanded its global footprint with the launch of G42 Europe and UK, a subsidiary headquartered in London. The entity will focus on delivering customised AI solutions to the European and UK private sectors and partnering with governments and industries to support the development of critical AI infrastructure across the region — a strategic move aligned with Xiao’s vision of global AI collaboration.