THE MIDDLE EAST’S

2. Sultan Al Jaber

Designation: Group CEO & Managing Director
Company: ADNOC Group
Country: U.A.E.
Nationality: Emirati
Sector: Energy

Al Jaber has been leading ADNOC since 2016. The group is investing in technology that turns CO2 into rocks. The group jointly owns Masdar with TAQA Group and Mubadala and operates a hydrogen business that produces over 300,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year. Al Jaber is also the U.A.E. Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, the president-designate of the COP28 in Dubai, and the chairman of Masdar. In 2023, ADNOC listed two subsidiaries, ADNOC Gas and ADNOC Logistics & Services, on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, bringing the group’s IPOs to six since 2017, which have raised $8 billion collectively.