Hussain Sajwani

About

Hussain Sajwani, the Emirati businessman and founder of DAMAC Properties, a global property development company, is a pioneer of the Middle East's property market. In the mid-90s, he privately built hotels to accommodate the influx of people coming to Dubai for business and trade. In 2002, he founded DAMAC Properties, which has since grown to become the largest private property developer in the Middle East. With over 50,000 homes delivered and more than 54,000 in development, DAMAC Properties has projects in 10+ countries worldwide, including cities such as London, Toronto, Miami, and the Maldives. As a market leader, DAMAC Properties has joined forces with the most recognisable lifestyle brands to bring distinguished living concepts. With interiors designed by fashion houses such as Fendi Casa, de GRISOGONO, and Cavalli, the properties of DAMAC Properties are unique and iconic. Additionally, the company has established its hotel management company to oversee hotel properties under brands such as Radisson, Paramount, Rotana, DAMAC Maison and Mandarin Oriental. Moreover, Sajwani's strategic investment arm, the DAMAC Group, focuses on investments in new concepts, private equities, mergers, and acquisitions, and holds majority and minority holdings in publicly traded companies and industries like luxury fashion, real estate, hospitality, and manufacturing. Some of DAMAC Group's most notable investments include DAMAC Towers Nine Elms in London and a luxury resort in the Maldives. Sajwani, who is ranked 600 in the top Billionaires list and among the richest Arabs in the world by Forbes, resides in Dubai with his wife and four children and advocates for access to quality education through the Hussain Sajwani – DAMAC Foundation. He has also initiated the One Million Arab Coders, an initiative that aims to empower one million Arabs with the language of the future, computer coding. Innovation and digitisation are central to DAMAC Group's business ethos, which has ventured into the data center industry through DAMAC Digital. It proactively builds, buys, or partners to serve the next wave of demand for data centre services. For more info, check out www.hussainsajwani.com