Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum | |
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أحمد بن سعيد آل مكتوم | |
 Sheikh Ahmed in 2021 | |
| Born | (1958-12-01)1 December 1958 (age 66) |
| Education | University of Denver |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman and CEOEmirates Airline,Dubai Aviation City Corporation,Dubai World,flydubai,Noor Islamic Bank,Emirates NBD Bank PJSC, Chancellor ofThe British University in Dubai |
| Title | HHSheikh |
| Issue | 2 |
| House | Al Maktoum |
| Father | Saeed bin Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum |
SheikhAhmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (Arabic:أحمد بن سعيد آل مكتوم; born 1 December 1958) is an Emirati businessman, politician and member ofDubai's rulingAl Maktoum family, who is the current chairman and CEO ofEmirates Airline andthe Emirates Group,[1] second vice chairman of theExecutive Council of Dubai[2] and president of theDubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA).[3]
He is also the chairman ofDubai Airports,[4]Dubai Holding,[5]Dubai World[2] andEmirates NBD.[6] Ahmed is the board member of theInvestment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) and the current chancellor ofThe British University in Dubai.[7]
Born on 1 December 1958, Ahmed is the youngest son of Dubai's former ruler, SheikhSaeed bin Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum, and the only child of his father's second wife, Sheikha Fatima bint Ahmed bin Suliman.
He is the half-brother of the formerruler of Dubai, SheikhRashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, and is the uncle of Dubai's current ruler, SheikhMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
Ahmed has a degree inpolitical science from theUniversity of Denver.[1][8]
Al Maktoum's career in the aviation industry began in 1985 when he was appointed president of the Dubai Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) (the governing body which oversaw the activities of Dubai International andDubai Duty Free). Emirates, the national carrier, was launched at the same time, with Al Maktoum appointed chairman.[9][10][11][12]
He is believed to be connected to at least 14 board members in 14 organizations in 14 industries.[13] Al Maktoum has been called "the man who put Dubai on the global aviation map."[14] He has been chairman and CEO of Emirates Airline & Group since 1985.[15] In October 2019 Al Maktoum, as president of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA), opened a quartet of sector-specific global food trade platforms at theDubai World Trade Centre (DWTC).[16]
Al Maktoum was chairman of the Dubai Free Zone Council. At its 13th meeting in 2019, chaired by Al Maktoum, the members discussed initiatives and proposals for long-term rental agreements or investors and free zone passports.[17] Al Maktoum is chair of theEmirates Airline Festival of Literature.[18][19]
In 2007, he married Egyptian socialite Nivin El-Gamal in 2007 in an Islamic ceremony in a London flat. Al Maktoum denied that this had taken place; a London court accepted that it had, but that it was not a valid marriage under English law. She gave birth to their only child,[20][21] Saeed bin Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.[22] Al Maktoum later married Sheikha Mona, afirst cousin twice removed (aregional tradition), a daughter of Sheikh Obaid bin Thani Al Maktoum, in 2008.[14][23][24]
He married Moza bint Hamdan Al Malik Al Shehi in 2019, and they had a son named Mohammed in November 2020.[25]
This person is connected to 14 Board Members in 14 different organizations across 14 different industries.
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