The Gulf's Most Powerful Families

A very interesting list has been prepared by the privately owned Gulf investment and merchant banking group, The National Investor (TNI). TNI operates out of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. TNI, in a report they prepared called: 'Power Matter: A Survey Of GCC Boards,' analyzed who was on the Board Of Directors of 582 Gulf companies and found that certain Gulf families held up to 30% of company board seats giving these families great power over all business done in the Gulf.

Here are the Gulf families TNI found to be the most powerful.

GULF'S MOST POWERFUL FAMILIES:

DUBAI:

> Maktoum, > Ghurair, > Mulla, > Futtaim, > Sari, > Jallaf, > Kazim, > Lootah, > Mazrouei, > Shamsi, > Shaibani, > Ba'alawy, > Alabbar, > Matrooshi, > Belhoul, > Jawa, > Mohannadi.

ABU DHABI:

> Nahyan, > Qassimi, > Dhaheri, > Mazroei, > Qubaisi, > Suwaidi, > Khoury, > Rumaithi, > Muhairi, > Shamsi, > Hosani, > Hajeri, > Otaiba, > Mazrouei, > Omran, > Rostomani, > Sayegh.

QATAR:

> Thani, > Mana, > Attiya, > Saad, > Ali, > Naimi, > Mannai, > Mohannadi, > Ansari, > Sulaiti, > Suwaidi, > Kamal, > Ibrahim, > Salat, > Hitmi, > Fardan.

BAHRAIN:

> Khalifa, > Fakhro, > Kanoo, > Moayyed, > Amin, > Buhindi, > Jalal, > Murad, > Nass, > Sabah, > Mashani, > Mazrouq, > Meer, > Faivre, > Harthy, > Khalili, > Murshidi, > Razak, > Yahyai.

SAUDI ARABIA:

> Saud, > Rajhi, > Issa, > Zamil, > Rashid, > Saleh, > Babtain, > Subaei, > Turki, > Agil, > Drees, > Rajdhi, > Mady, > Abanumay, > Faris, > Hakami, > Husseini, > Omran.

KUWAIT:

> Sabah, > Ghanim, > Kharafi, > Wazzan, > Sultan, > Behbahani, > Bahar, > Mazrouk, > Shaya, > Mutawa, > Rashed, > Fulaij, > Ghanim, > Marafi, > Nafisi.

OMAN:

> Busaidi, > Shanfari, > Rawas, > Sultan, > Lawati, > Mashani, > Harthy, > Saleh, > Zawawi, > Hassan, > Zadjali, > Razak, > Yahyai, > Khalili, > Faivre, > Murshidi, > Abduwani, > Nahari.

This link takes you to the website of The National Investor, who came up with the above list:

http://www.tni.ae/