Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak(Arabic: خلدون المبارك‎; born 1976) is an Emirati businessman.

Educated in the United States, he entered a career in construction and real estate, becoming CEO of the Mubadala Development Company. He sits on a number of boards, including First Gulf Bank, Aldar Properties and Ferrari. Al Mubarak is also a member of the Executive Council for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and chairman of Executive Affairs Authority.

He became the chairman of Manchester City Football Club, when the club was bought by the Abu Dhabi United Group back in September 2008.

Early life

Al Mubarak was born in 1976 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and educated in the US, where he obtained a degree in Economics and Finance from Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. His first position was as a sales-executive at the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.

Career

Al Mubarak is involved in construction and real estate. After working at the oil company, he was employed by the UAE Offsets Group, where he held a number of positions within the company. Since then he was Executive Vice-President-Corporate at Dolphin Energy. He is the CEO and managing director of government-owned investment company Mubadala Development, whose projects include a $5 billion aluminium plant in King Abdullah Economic City. His company also owns significant stakes in other companies, including a 5% share in Ferrari, an 8.1% share in AMD, a 7.5% share in the Carlyle Group, and a share in General Electric. In May 2005 he was appointed vice-chairman of Oasis International Leasing, an Abu Dhabi-based leasing company. Through Mubadala Development, Al Mubarak is chairman of the Imperial College London Diabetes Center (ICLDC) which opened in Abu Dhabi in 2006, vice-chairman of Piaggio Aero, and vice-chairman of LeasePlan. As well as this he sits on many boards including ALDAR Properties, Emirates Foundation and First Gulf Bank.

Al Mubarak

Al Mubarak is a village in Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.

References

Al-Mubarak

Al-Mubarak is an Arabic family name/Patronymic, means son of Mubarak/descent of Mubarak, and may refer to:

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