Mohamed Alabbar is the founder of Dubai-based real estate developer Emaar Properties, which built Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower. He founded the company in 1997 and took it public on the Dubai Financial Market in 2000. He stepped down as chairman in 2020. Most of Alabbar’s fortune comes from his 33% stake in publicly traded Americana Restaurants, which owns fast-food franchises across the Middle East. In 2014, Alabbar founded Eagle Hills in Abu Dhabi, which has developed high-end apartments, hotels, and retail projects in 10 countries across three continents. He also owns stakes in Riyadh-based e-commerce platform Noon and Dubai-based digital lender Zand Bank.