Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum

Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum is president of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, CEO and founder of the Emirates Group, chairman of Dubai World, and Noor Takaful insurance company. He is the current chancellor of the Middle East's first research-based postgraduate university The British University in Dubai, chairman of the Dubai Supreme Fiscal Committee, and second vice chairman of the Dubai Executive Council. A billionaire member of Dubai's ruling Al Maktoum family, he is believed to be one of the world's wealthiest royals.