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Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak ( ar, خلدون المبارك; born 1975) is an Emirati Government official and business leader. Al Mubarak holds senior positions within the Government of Abu Dhabi, including as: a member of the Executive Council since 2006, a member of the Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs, and as the founding chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority. He also fulfills responsibilities for the UAE Federal government and has served as Presidential Special Envoy to the
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since 2018. Al Mubarak is
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and managing director of
Mubadala Investment Company Mubadala Investment Company PJSC ( ar, شركة مبادلة للاستثمار), or simply Mubadala, is an Emirati state-owned holding company that acts as a sovereign wealth fund. The company was established in 2017 when then-named Mubadala Dev ...
. He is also chairman of
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,
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and Mumbai City FC. Al Mubarak is on the board of the UAE business
ADNOC The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ( ar, شركة بترول أبوظبي الوطنية) or ADNOC is the State-owned oil company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is the world's 12th largest oil company by production. As of 2021, the compan ...
, and serves as the Chairman of the Boards of the
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC, مؤسسة الإمارات للطاقة النووية) is the entity responsible for the deployment and ownership of nuclear energy plants in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). ENEC was established by ...
, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, and
Emirates Global Aluminium Emirates Global Aluminium ("EGA") is owned equally by Mubadala Investment Company of Abu Dhabi and Investment Corporation of Dubai Investment Corporation of Dubai is a sovereign wealth fund of the Government of Dubai established in 2006, wit ...
.


Early life

Al Mubarak was born on 1 December 1975 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He is from a family of diplomats, religious and
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scholars. Khaldoon's father was the former UAE diplomat and ambassador to France, Khalifa Ahmed Abdulaziz Al-Mubarak, who was assassinated in Paris in 1984. Khaldoon's grandfather was the late (Al Sheikh) Ahmed Abdulaziz Hamad Al-Mubarak, former Judge and Chairman of the Shari'a Judicial Department in the
Emirate of Abu Dhabi The Emirate of Abu Dhabi (, , or ; ar, إِمَارَةْ أَبُوظَبِي , ) is one of seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is by far the largest emirate, accounting for 87% of the nation's total land area o ...
, he was appointed by founder of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi,
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ( ar, زَايِد بِن سُلْطَان آل نَهْيَان, Zāyed bin Sulṭān Āl Nahyān; 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004) was an Emirati politician, statesman, and philanthropist who served as ...
. His great-grandfather Professor (Al Sheikh) Abdulaziz Hamad Al-Mubarak, a judicial scholar, also played a significant role to the UAE educational system, where he established the country's first school in the Emirate of Dubai; he was an advisor to Sheikh
Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan ( ar, زايد بن خليفة آل نهيان; 1835 – 18 May 1909), also known as Zayed the Great or Zayed the First was the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi from 1855 to his death in 1909. He was the grandfather and nam ...
. Khaldoon has three siblings, two of whom are senior government officials: Rasha; Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, managing director and board member of the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi and the managing director for the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund; and Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi and member of the Executive Council of the
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, and Chairman of Aldar Properties PJSC. Khaldoon attended the
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. In 1997, he obtained a degree in Economics and Finance from
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.


Career

Al Mubarak has worked for the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, and the UAE Offsets Group. He was executive vice-president-corporate of Dolphin Energy. Al Mubarak has interests in mining projects in South America, specifically in Colombia, as he directs the state-owned Mubadala Investment Group, the company that owns Minesa, a company created in 2013 to obtain the exploitation license, from the Colombian government, to extract gold from the Páramo de Santurbán, Soto Norte province, Santander department, with reserves calculated in the subsoil of approximately 9 million ounces. There has been fierce opposition from environmentalists and political leaders in the region due to the threat posed by the contamination of the water reserve that nourishes more than 4 million inhabitants, a product of possible mismanagement that Minesa gives to the
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and mercury residues necessary to extract the gold as well as the destruction of the páramo
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, becoming even a matter of national and international interest. However, the investment made in the country during the 2010s, seeking the favor of the government and productive sectors of the country in favor of the exploitation of the páramo, is being put at risk as Minesa's request is filed by the National Environmental Licensing Authority (ANLA in ''spanish''), declaring deficient the Environmental Impact Study in the area made by the mining company. After an appeal process by Minesa, the ANLA ordered in January 2021 the final file of the environmental license for the mining megaproject. Al Mubarak was appointed CEO and managing director of the government-owned investment company Mubadala Development. In 2017 he was appointed managing director and chief executive officer of the Mubadala Investment Company, after Mubadala Development merged with International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC). In March 2020, Mubadala Investment Company was managing a $230 billion portfolio. The company owns stakes in numerous companies, including a 5 percent share in Ferrari, an 8.1 percent share in
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, and a 7.5 percent share in the
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. In May 2005, he was appointed vice-chairman of Oasis International Leasing, an Abu Dhabi-based leasing company. Through Mubadala Investment Company, Al Mubarak is vice-chairman of Piaggio Aero, and vice-chairman of LeasePlan. During Al Mubarak's tenure Mubadala invested into new markets, among them projects of Brazilian magnate Eike Batista. He has been characterized as "one of the royal family’s most trusted advisers" and having "a close relationship with the
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Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan ( ar, مُحَمّد بِن زَايد آل نَهيَان, Moḥamed bin Zāyed Āl Nahyān; born 11 March 1961), colloquially known by his initials as MBZ, is the third president of the United Arab Emirates ...
."Who's Who : A guide to the most influential, non-royal officials in the United Arab Emirates
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'', 15 October 2010
When the Abu Dhabi government was restructured in 2006, Al Mubarak became chairman of Executive Affairs Authority and a member of the Executive Council for the
Emirate of Abu Dhabi The Emirate of Abu Dhabi (, , or ; ar, إِمَارَةْ أَبُوظَبِي , ) is one of seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is by far the largest emirate, accounting for 87% of the nation's total land area o ...
. He is also an Abu Dhabi Education Council member, a director of the Abu Dhabi Council for Economic Development (ABCED), and chairman of the Organization & Administration Department. Al Mubarak is co-chair of the
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's US–U.A.E. Business Council, which was established in 2007, chairman of the Abu Dhabi Media Zone Authority, and vice-chairman of the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council which was established in 2007. Al Mubarak is also a board member of the
Supreme Petroleum Council The Supreme Petroleum Council ( ar, المجلس الأعلى للبترول) is the highest governing body of oil, gas and similar industry-related activities in Abu Dhabi. The Council was formed in 1988. The Council is tasked with supervising al ...
(SPC) of the Government of Abu Dhabi and the chairman of the
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC, مؤسسة الإمارات للطاقة النووية) is the entity responsible for the deployment and ownership of nuclear energy plants in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). ENEC was established by ...
(ENEC), Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. He is also co-chair of the Abu Dhabi-Singapore Joint Forum. Within the
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, Mubarak is considered to be one of the key investors, and plays a major role in the
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plan to move away from oil and put more focus into aerospace, manufacturing and utilities. He sits on
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including ALDAR Properties, the Emirates Foundation and the First Abu Dhabi Bank, which was formed by a merger of First Gulf Bank and National Bank of Abu Dhabi. He is the chairman of Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA), an aluminum conglomerate. Al Mubarak is chairman of the advisory board for the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS), which is a joint initiative by the UAE Ministry of Economy and the
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(UNIDO). In 2018, Al Mubarak was appointed as the first Presidential Special Envoy to China by UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed. Al Mubarak is a member of the Board of Trustees for
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, and oversaw the development of a campus in Abu Dhabi. Al Mubarak was the first chairman of board of
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Diabetes Center (ICLDC) which opened in Abu Dhabi in 2006.


Sports


Motorsport

Al Mubarak, as chairman of the Abu Dhabi Motor Sport Management Company (ADMM), worked to bring
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to the region and negotiated the deal with
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for the
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ( ar, سباق جائزة أبوظبي الكبرى) is a Formula One motor racing event. It was announced in early 2007 at the Abu Dhabi F1 Festival in the United Arab Emirates. The first race took place on 1 November ...
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motor race. The deal was officially announced in early 2007 at the Abu Dhabi F1 Festival in the
UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
.


Football

In early September 2008, and after negotiations led by
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-born businessman Sulaiman Al-FahimFamily feeling behind the football
, ''
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'', 25 September 2008
on behalf of the Abu Dhabi side, the owners of
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football club Manchester City, including chairman
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, agreed to sell the entirety of their shares to Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi.Manchester City agree takeover deal with Abu Dhabi group
by Mike Adamson, ''
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'', 1 September 2008
On Tuesday 23 September 2008, the deal was concluded and the shares were transferred to Abu Dhabi United Group, a
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-based
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owned by Sheikh Mansour,Man City buyers complete takeover
,
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, 23 September 2008
in a deal that was both welcomed and questionedAbu Dhabi accused of 'using Manchester City to launder image'
by David Conn, ''
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'', 30 July 2013
by some observers. In September 2008, the new owner appointed Al Mubarak as chairman of the board of directors of the club, with
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as Chief Executive. Cook would later resign in 2011 and be replaced by
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On 14 May 2011, City won the
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, their first silverware after a drought of 35 years, by beating Stoke City F.C. 1–0 at the
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. On 13 May 2012, with two goals scored in stoppage time in the last game of the season, played at their home stadium, and amidst "scenes of near bedlam,"Mancherster City 3 – Queens Park Rangers 2
Game report by Phil McNulty,
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, 13 May 2012
Manchester City were crowned champions of the
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, winning the top-division title again, for the first time since the 1967–68 season. The club's financesManchester City : From zero to hero
, ''Football Benchmark'', 2016
reached a loss of £98 million loss in 2011–12 but improved to show an £11 million profit in 2014–15, and then in the 2015–16 season a profit of £20.5 million with "record" revenues of £398.1 million.Man City announce record revenue, increased profits
, ''Football 365'', 18 October 2016
Since 2013, Mubarak is also the chairman of
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, a holding company that invests in and manages various international football-related businesses, including
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,
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, Mumbai City FC and
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. In 2019, the City Football Group decided under his leadership to sell a 10 per cent stake to Silver Lake for $500 million.


Controversies

A decade after the UAE acquired Manchester City, documents by Football Leaks revealed that the Abu Dhabi owner and chairman together circumvented the Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations, which were introduced by
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. Mansour bin Zayed and Khaldoon Al Mubarak were essentially alleged by rights groups of attempting to “sportswash” the “deeply tarnished image” of their country by funneling money into the club. In 2018, a report by German magazine '' Der Spiegel'', based on leaked internal emails and documents, alleged that Sheikh Mansour's Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG) financed the sponsorship payments himself. In order to escape the FFP rules, direct money from Emirati owners was wired to sponsor companies based in UAE, including Etihad Airways and Aabar Investment, which was then transferred into the club. ADUG's accounts were managed by Mubarak's Abu Dhabi government agency, Executive Affairs Authority (EAA). Besides, the money flows from government into the team were approved by Mubarak. The Emirati owners also created a “closed payment loop”, where they set up a shell company, Fordham Sports Management, to pay players for their image rights. Usually players are paid by the club for their image rights. But for City, it was Fordham, which received £11 million annually from the Abu Dhabi owners. The channel allowed the club to hide expenditure, and to save €30 million in marketing income. A main person involved in such deals and negotiations between Abu Dhabi and City was Simon Pearce, an Australian who worked in EAA. Before making any multimillion-euro transfers to the club, Pearce was supposed to seek for permission from the chairman, Mubarak, who would approve all the transactions. Manchester City replied to the reports stating that they were based on “hacked or stolen” emails or documents, but did not say that the leaked emails were not fake. In March 2019, UEFA opened the investigation into the alleged breach of FFP rules by the City owner and the chairman. In February 2020, the club was banned from the Champions League for 2 years, with a fine of €30 million. But, in July 2020, the
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(CAS) lifted the ban and reduced the fine to €10 million, stating that majority of the violations were “either not established or time-barred”. In April 2022, leaked emails were re-published by Der Spiegel. The report claimed that Manchester City was being investigated by the Premier League in terms of three allegations– The club pressured underage players to sign with City, disguising owner's funding as sponsorship payments, and secretly paid compensation to
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through
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.


Honours

Manchester City (17) *
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(6): 2011–12, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021-22 *
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(2):
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, 2018–19 * Football League/EFL Cup (6): 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020-21 * FA Community Shield (3):
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Personal life

Al Mubarak is married to Nadia Sehweil. The couple first met when they were both in high school, and they have three children.How a cancer diagnosis inspired Abu Dhabi family to set up a fitness studio
" '' The National'', 9 December 2014
Nadia, who is of
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descent, runs a
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, and dance studio called Bodytree Studio in Abu Dhabi with her mother. In 2007, Al Mubarak was made Commander of the Star of the Order of the Italian Solidarity for supporting the "economic relationship" between Italy and the UAE. In 2013, he was made a Commander of the
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(CBE) and received the ''Grand Gwanghwa Medal'', the highest class of the South Korean
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. Al Mubarak is a recipient of the Asian Business Leadership Forum's (ABLF) Award in 2016. He was named as one of the 100 world's most influential and powerful Arabs in 2017 and 2018 by Arabian Business.


References

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