Amr Al-Dabbagh (born 1966) (
Arabic
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: عمرو الدباغ) is a
Saudi businessman. He headed the
Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) from 2004 to 2012.
Early life and education
He was born to Abdullah Al-Dabbagh, a former Saudi Minister for Agriculture in 1966.
He obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration from
King Abdulaziz University.
Career
He is chairman and CEO of Al-Dabbagh Group (ADG). The business is a family conglomerate founded in 1962 by his father, Abdullah Mohammed Ali Al-Dabbagh, the former Minister of Agriculture of Saudi Arabia.
He was governor of the
Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA).
He was the founding Chairman of the think tank the
Jeddah Economic Forum. He has been a board member of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
In 2015, he created Philanthropy University which offers Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to Global South non-profit leaders.
The initiative was created with the collaboration of
Institute for Business and Social Impact at the Haas School.
He founded the UK based Stars Foundation that operated from 2001-2020.
Corruption allegations
In November 2017, Al-Dabbagh was detained as part of what was called a wide-ranging "anti-corruption" purge that also ensnared Saudi Princes
Alwaleed bin Talal
Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud (; born 7 March 1955) is a Saudi Arabian billionaire businessman, investor, and a House of Saud royal. In 2008, he was listed on ''Time'' magazine's ''Time 100'', an annual list of the hundred most influential people ...
and
Miteb bin Abdullah.
On November 4, it was claimed that Dabbagh was called from
Jeddah
Jeddah ( ), alternatively transliterated as Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; , ), is a List of governorates of Saudi Arabia, governorate and the largest city in Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia, and the country's second largest city after Riyadh, located ...
to the
Ritz Carlton, a luxurious Riyadh hotel that had been converted into a makeshift prison for hundreds of Saudis suspected of corruption by the authorities, and was detained together with other prominent Saudi officials and businessmen.
Along with Dabbagh,
Adel Fakeih, the former economy minister of the country, and Hani Khoja, were kept in custody.
Dabbagh continued to deny the charges against him.
Until 20 December 2018, there was no specific charges against Al-Dabbagh, or any legal proceedings. He was released without charge on 23 January 2019.
References
External links
* http://aldabbagh.com/
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20th-century Saudi Arabian businesspeople
21st-century Saudi Arabian businesspeople
1966 births
Alumni of London Business School
Harvard Business School alumni
Harvard Kennedy School alumni
King Abdulaziz University alumni
Living people
People from Jeddah