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Emirati businessman

Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair (Arabic: عبد العزيز الغرير; born 1 July 1954) is an Emiratipolitician and billionaire businessman who is chairman of Mashreq and a director of the Abdullah Al Ghurair Group.

Al Ghurair was speaker of the UAE'sFederal National Council from 2007 to 2011.^[1][2] As of 2022, his net worth was estimated by Forbes at US$2.6 billion.^[3]

Education

Al Ghurair trained as an industrial engineer and earned a bachelor's degree from California Polytechnic State University.

He joined Mashreq in 1977, and worked in various capacities until 1988, and he took over responsibility for the bank's international operations, setting up branches in New York, London, Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt, India and Pakistan.

He was appointed executive director in 1989 and became CEO the following year.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Al Ghurair is currently the chairman of Mashreq, a financial institution in the