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99 Speed Mart Retail Holdings
99 Speed Mart Retail Holdings is a Malaysian retail group operating the 99 Speedmart mini-market chain, founded by Lee Thiam Wah and listed on Bursa Malaysia in 2024.
A M Naik
A. M. Naik, born Anil Manibhai Naik, is an Indian industrialist who joined Larsen & Toubro in 1965 and led it as chairman from 2003 to 2023.
A. M. Murugappa Chettiar
A. M. Murugappa Chettiar (ஏ. எம். முருகப்பா செட்டியார்) was an Indian financier who founded a banking firm in Burma around 1900 that grew into the Murugappa Group.
A. S. Kotibhasker
A. S. Kotibhaskar, full name Anant Shridhar Kotibhaskar, was an Indian chemist and Gold Medalist in Technological Chemistry who co-founded Alembic Chemical Works in 1907.
Abd al-Hamid Shuman
Abd al-Hamid Shuman, also rendered Abdul Hameed Shoman, was a Palestinian banker who founded the Arab Bank in Jerusalem in 1930 and led it until 1974.
Abdul Aziz Hassan Baker
Abdul Aziz Hassan Baker is a Dubai-based businessman who founded GMG, a retail and distribution group that grew from a single food shop in 1977 into a multinational across MENA and Asia.
Abdul Ghani Dadabhoy
Abdul Ghani Dadabhoy (1909–1973) was a Pakistani cotton trader and industrialist who led the Dadabhoy family group, rebuilding it in Karachi after migrating from India at Partition.
Abdulaziz AlTurki
Abdulaziz AlTurki is a Saudi businessman who founded and chairs Rawabi Holding, a diversified conglomerate in Al Khobar established in 1980, active in oilfield services, marine operations, and contracting.
Abdulla Al Futtaim
Abdulla Al Futtaim is an Emirati billionaire, estimated by Forbes at $4.8 billion, who owns Al-Futtaim, a Dubai conglomerate and the UAE's exclusive Toyota distributor since 1955.
Abdullah Dadabhoy
Abdullah Dadabhoy is a Pakistani businessman in Karachi who chairs Dadabhoy Housing & Investments and founded the Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education in 2003.
Abdulmohsin Al-Rabiah
Abdulmohsin Al-Rabiah (عبدالمحسن الربيعة) is a Saudi restaurant entrepreneur who co-founded Innovative Foods, the Riyadh-based parent of the Shawarmer shawarma chain, with over 152 locations in Saudi Arabia.
Abdulnasser Bin Kalban
Abdulnasser Ibrahim Saif Bin Kalban is a UAE industrial executive who has been Chief Executive Officer of Emirates Global Aluminium, the Abu Dhabi-based aluminum producer, since 2020.
Abdulrahman Al Hatmi
Abdulrahman Al Hatmi is an Omani business executive who has served as Group Chief Executive Officer of Asyad Group, Oman's state-owned logistics group, since 2016.
Abdulsamad Rabiu
Abdulsamad Rabiu, also written Abdul Samad Rabiu, is a Nigerian businessman born in 1960 in Kano who founded BUA Group in 1988 and chairs BUA Cement and BUA Foods.
Abel Matutes Juan
Abel Matutes Juan, born in Ibiza in 1941, is a Spanish hotel and tourism businessman who created and owns Palladium Hotel Group and served as Spain's minister of foreign affairs.
Abhishek Lodha
Abhishek Lodha is an Indian real estate executive who leads Lodha Developers, the Mumbai-based firm founded by his father Mangal Prabhat Lodha in 1980, as Managing Director and CEO.
Aboitiz family
The Aboitiz family is a Filipino business family of Basque origin that controls Aboitiz Equity Ventures, a leading Philippine conglomerate in power, banking, and food.
Abubaker Varachhia
Abubaker Varachhia, known as Abu Varachhia, is a South African property entrepreneur who co-founded Cape Town-based Spear REIT in 2011 and serves as its non-executive chairman.
Aburizal Bakrie
Aburizal Bakrie, widely known as Ical, is an Indonesian businessman and politician who chaired the Golkar party and served as Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs from 2004.
Ada Mota
Ada Mota is a Brazilian pharmacist and businesswoman who founded Adcos, a dermocosmetics company, in Vitória, Espírito Santo in 1993 and led it for more than three decades.
Adamjee Group
The Adamjee Group is a Pakistani family business group founded by Sir Adamjee Haji Dawood in 1880s Gujarat, once running the world's largest jute mill at Narayanganj.
Adamjee Haji Dawood
Adamjee Haji Dawood (1880–1948) was a Memon merchant and industrialist from Jetpur, Gujarat, who founded the Adamjee Group and helped establish Muslim Commercial Bank and Orient Airways.
Adcos
Adcos is a private, family-controlled Brazilian dermocosmetics manufacturer founded in 1993 by pharmacist Ada Mota in Vitória; since 2023 it has organized itself as Grupo ADCOS, a beauty group carrying several brands.
Addison Rand
Addison Rand (1841–1900) was an American industrialist who founded the Rand Drill Company, a New York maker of rock drills and a predecessor of Ingersoll-Rand.
Adeyemi Lawson
Chief Adeyemi Olusola Lawson (1924–1993) was a Nigerian lawyer, industrialist, and chamber-of-commerce leader best known as a founding father of the pan-African Ecobank Group, incorporated in Lomé, Togo, in 1985.
Adolf Rosenberger
Adolf Rosenberger (1900–1967) was a German-Jewish businessman and Mercedes-Benz works racing driver who co-founded the Porsche design office in Stuttgart in 1931 and financed its first two years.
Adolphe Schneider
Adolphe Schneider (1802–1845) was a French businessman who, with his younger brother Eugène, took over the bankrupt Le Creusot ironworks in 1836, founding the firm that became Schneider Electric.
Adrian Gore
Adrian Gore is a South African businessman who founded Discovery Limited in 1992 and serves as its Group Chief Executive, creating the Vitality shared-value insurance model.
Aflah Al Hadhrami
Aflah Al Hadhrami (أفلح الحضرمي) is an Omani energy executive and Managing Director of Petroleum Development Oman since June 2024, the first Omani national to hold the post.
Agoes Projosasmito
Agoes Projosasmito, also spelled Agus Projosasmito, is an Indonesian businessman who controls Amman Mineral, the largest mining company on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, operator of the Batu Hijau copper and gold mine.