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Agostino Rocca

Agostino Rocca (1895–1978) was an Italian-born engineer and industrialist who founded the Techint group in Milan in 1945 and built it into the biggest business group in Argentina.

Agustín Coppel Luken

Agustín Coppel Luken is a Mexican businessman who chairs Grupo Coppel, the family-owned retail and banking group in Culiacán, Sinaloa, and led it as chief executive from 2008 to 2025.

Ahmed Abdelaal

Ahmed Abdelaal is a banker who has been Group Chief Executive Officer of Mashreq, Dubai's oldest lender, since October 2019, leading its shift to digital banking and expansion into Pakistan.

Ahmed Ali Dadabhai

Ahmed Ali Dadabhai was an Indian-born businessman from Rajasthan who arrived in Bahrain in 1935, founded AM Dadabhai & Sons in Manama, and died in 1996.

Ahmed AlRasheed

Ahmed AlRasheed is a Saudi entrepreneur who co-founded Shawarmer (شاورمر), the shawarma-focused restaurant chain, in 1999, and led it as it grew past 160 branches in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Ahmed Dawood

Ahmed Dawood, also known as Ahmed Daud (احمد داؤد), was a Pakistani industrialist who founded the Dawood Group in Karachi in 1948 and died in 2002.

Ahmed Galal Ismail

Ahmed Galal Ismail is an Egyptian business executive who has led Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim Holding as Chief Executive Officer since January 2023, succeeding Alain Bejjani.

Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede

Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede is a Nigerian lawyer-turned-banker who led Access Bank from 2002 to 2013, transforming it into one of Nigeria's top five banks, and later founded the Coronation Group.

Aiteo Group

Aiteo Group is a privately held, Lagos-based Nigerian integrated energy company founded by Benedict Peters, with operations in oil and gas production, storage, trading, and electrical power.

AJE Group

AJE Group, also known as Grupo AJE, is a Peruvian multinational beverage company founded by the Añaños family in 1988, maker of Kola Real and Big Cola.

Ajlan & Bros Holding

Ajlan & Bros Holding is a Riyadh-based, family-owned Saudi conglomerate that grew from a 1979 fabric shop into real estate, textiles, logistics, mining, and energy across 25 countries.

Ajlan Abdulaziz Alajlan

Ajlan Abdulaziz Alajlan, also written Ajlan bin Abdulaziz Al-Ajlan, is a Saudi businessman who chairs Ajlan & Bros Holding, a family conglomerate founded in 1979.

Akira Mori

Akira Mori (森章), born in 1936, is a Japanese real estate developer who chairs Mori Trust, a closely held Tokyo developer of central-Tokyo office towers and hotels and resorts.

Al Faisal Holding

Al Faisal Holding is a family-owned Qatari holding company founded in Doha in 1964 by Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani, spanning property, hospitality, and trading.

Al Ghurair

Al Ghurair is a diversified family business group founded in Dubai in 1960 by Saif Ahmed Al Ghurair, operating in food, development, mobility, infrastructure, and property across eight countries.

Al Habtoor Group

Al Habtoor Group is a family-owned conglomerate headquartered in Dubai, founded in 1970 by Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor and active in hospitality, automotive, real estate, and education.

Al Habtoor Motors

Al Habtoor Motors is a Dubai-based automotive retail and distribution company, founded in 1983 as part of the Al Habtoor Group and exclusive UAE distributor of Mitsubishi.

Al Hatab Foods

Al Hatab Foods (الحطب فودز), formerly Al Hatab Bakery, is a Saudi food manufacturing and retail company that grew from a single bakery in Al Qassim in 2005.

Al Khayyat Investments

Al Khayyat Investments is a privately held Emirati family holding company based in Dubai, founded in 1965, employing more than 12,000 people across nine countries.

Al Muhaidib Group

Al Muhaidib Group is a family-owned Saudi investment company headquartered in Dammam, founded by Abdulkadir Al Muhaidib, who opened his first foods store in 1943.

Al Othaim Holding Company

Al Othaim Holding Company (شركة العثيم القابضة) is a Saudi family retail and lifestyle conglomerate founded in Riyadh in 1956, with over 40 companies and 20,000 employees.

Al-Futtaim

Al-Futtaim is a privately held family conglomerate founded in Dubai in the 1930s, employing over 40,000 people across automotive, retail, real estate, health, finance, and education.

Alberto Coppel Luken

Alberto Coppel Luken is a Mexican billionaire businessman who co-owns Grupo Coppel, Mexico's largest private retailer, with his four brothers and leads its investment vehicle GC1 Holding.

Alberto del Pedregal

Alberto del Pedregal is a Chilean businessman who, with Martín Borda Mingo, founded Multiexport in 1983, today Multi X, a leading Chilean salmon producer and smoked-salmon exporter.

Alceu Elias Feldmann

Alceu Elias Feldmann, born in 1949, is a Brazilian businessman who founded Fertipar in 1980, a Curitiba fertilizer group with about 15% of Brazil's market, making him a Forbes billionaire.

Aleena

Aleena is a Saudi womenswear and lifestyle online brand based in Riyadh, founded by Ghaida Alatiwy under TGC, known for premium on-demand day and evening wear shown in Paris in 2026.

Alejandro Baillères Gual

Alejandro Baillères Gual is a Mexican businessman, president of Grupo Bal, vice chairman of Industrias Peñoles, and chairman of Fresnillo plc, heir to Alberto Baillères.

Alejandro Bulgheroni

Alejandro Bulgheroni (born 1943 in Rufino, Santa Fe) is an Argentine billionaire who chairs Bridas Energy Holdings and presides over Pan American Energy, Argentina's largest private energy company.

Alex Spanos

Alex Spanos (Alexander Gus Spanos, 1923-2018), Stockton, California construction billionaire who bought the San Diego Chargers from Eugene Klein on August 1, 1984 for $48.3 million and owned the NFL team until his death.

Alexander Fanjul

Alexander Fanjul, born in 1950, is an American sugar executive of the Fanjul family, serving as a vice president of Fanjul Corp. and Florida Crystals.