THE MIDDLE EAST’S

33. Bait Al-Batterjee

Established: 1920
Country: Saudi Arabia
Founder & Chairman: Sobhi Batterjee

During the 1920s, Abdul Jalil Batterjee instituted some of the first national pharmacies across Saudi Arabia. Today, the holding company employs over 13,500 people with more than 25 different companies and subsidiaries that focus on healthcare, education land holdings, private equity, construction, fitness, IT, and pharmaceuticals. It owns Saudi German Health, a publicly listed company in Saudi Arabia, as well as privately-owned hospitals in the U.A.E., Egypt, Yemen, Morocco, and Pakistan that treats millions of patients annually. In 2023, Saudi German Health opened hospital in Alexandria, Egypt.