Abdulla bin Ahmad Al Ghurair & family

$5.19B
as of 08/18/26

About Abdulla bin Ahmad Al Ghurair & family

Abdulla bin Ahmad Al Ghurair founded Mashreqbank, a leading U.A.E. bank, in 1967. He stepped down as chairman in 2019.

His eponymous holding company has interests in food, construction and real estate; non-family members are part of the leadership team.

His construction company did the exterior cladding of Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, and helped build the Dubai Metro.

His brother Saif Al Ghurair, who passed away in 2019, was also a billionaire.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United Arab Emirates

Source of wealth

Diversified

Residence

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Marital status

Married

Number of children

4

Self-made

inherited and growing

Abdulla bin Ahmad Al Ghurair & family’s fortune is worth

86K

troy ounces of gold

80K

median U.S. household

52K

median U.S. income

0.104%

U.S. credit card volume

0.021%

GDP of the United States

0.015%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

In 2015, Al Ghurair pledged one third of his group's assets to a foundation that invests in education programs in the U.A.E.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

DUBAI | MASQ-AE

Mashreqbank P.S.C.

SAUDI ARABIA | 2284-SA

Modern Mills

DUBAI | NCC-AE

National Cement Co. P.S.C.

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