{"id":2676,"date":"2018-03-07T10:01:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T10:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/forbes-rich-list-uae\/"},"modified":"2018-03-07T10:01:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T10:01:41","slug":"forbes-rich-list-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/lifestyle\/forbes-rich-list-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"The Forbes 2018 Rich List Is In: And The List Of Emirati Billionaires Is Getting Bigger"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Forbes<\/a> annual list of the world’s richest people is out for 2018, and the number of UAE businessmen featured has grown since last year.<\/p>\n

This year; 2,208 billionaires made the ranking, together worth a total of\u00a0$9.1 trillion.<\/p>\n

Jeff Bezos, the head of Amazon is now the world’s richest person, overtaking Bill Gates for the number one slot, with an estimated fortune worth $39.2 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seven UAE businessmen made the 2018 billionaire list, up from five last year…<\/h3>\n

The following list is the seven men ranked by their world ranking…<\/p>\n

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#296. Abdulla bin Ahmad Al Ghurair<\/h3>\n

World ranking: 296\u00a0<\/p>\n

Net worth: $5.9billion<\/p>\n

Abdulla bin Ahmad Al Ghurair is the founder of leading Emirati bank; Mashreq Bank<\/p>\n

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#456.\u00a0Majid Al Futtaim<\/h3>\n

World ranking: 456<\/p>\n

Net worth: $4.6 billion<\/p>\n

CEO of the Majid Al Futtaim group – a Dubai based holding company with business interests in various sectors across 13 countries in the MENA region<\/p>\n

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#527. Hussain Sajwani<\/h3>\n

World Ranking : 527<\/p>\n

Net worth: $4.1 B<\/p>\n

CEO of Dubai real estate company DAMAC properties<\/p>\n

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#707. Abdulla Al Futtaim<\/h3>\n

World ranking:707<\/p>\n

Net worth:\u00a0$4.1 billion<\/p>\n

Cousin of Majid Al Futtaim\u00a0 who leads this listing, Abudulla Al Futtaim has businesses across the automative, real estate and retail industry.<\/p>\n

#887. Saeed Bin Butti Al Qebaisi<\/h3>\n

World ranking: 887<\/p>\n

Net worth: $2.7 billion<\/p>\n

Chairman of Abu Dhabi firm\u00a0Centurion Investments,<\/p>\n

#1,284. Saif al Ghurair<\/h3>\n

World ranking: 1,284<\/p>\n

Net worth: $1.9 billion<\/p>\n

Founder of family holding company Al Ghurair Group.<\/p>\n

#1,561. Khalifa Bin Butti Al Muhairi<\/h3>\n

World ranking:1,561<\/p>\n

Net worth: 1.5 billion<\/p>\n

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