Omar Abdulla Al Futtaim is an Emirati businessman, the CEO and vice-chairman of

Al-Futtaim Group The Al-Futtaim Group () is an Emirati conglomerate (company), conglomerate based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. History The group was founded in the 1930s and expanded rapidly in the 1940s and 1950s becoming an integrated commercial, industrial ...

, owned and founded by his father,

Abdulla Al Futtaim Abdulla Al Futtaim (Arabic: عبدالله الفطيم) is an Emirati businessman, billionaire, investor, philanthropist and owner of Al-Futtaim Group, and cousin of fellow billionaire Majid Al Futtaim. As of October 2021, his net worth was e ...

Early years and education

Al Futtaim has a bachelor's degree in Economics and Business Studies from

Macalester College Macalester College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1874, Macalester is exclusively an undergraduate institution with an enrollment of 2,142 students in the fall of 2023. The college ha ...

, Minnesota, received in 1985. The group was founded in the 1930s and expanded rapidly in the 1940s and 1950s becoming an integrated commercial, industrial, and services organization. The Al-Futtaim family split its business interests in 2000 with Abdulla Al Futtaim controlling the automotive and mainly retail business, and his cousin Majid controlling a property development business (now known as Majid Al Futtaim Group).

Career

Al Futtaim was appointed as Vice Chairman of

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Insurance in 2001. Since 2010 he has served as chairman of Emirates Islamic and ''Al Futtaim HC Securities'', vice chairman of ''Orient Insurance'', which is part of

, and a director of the Commercial Bank of Dubai. He is also a Board Member of the

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and a Member of the Dubai Economic Council and

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s National Development Program.

References

Living people Emirati businesspeople Year of birth missing (living people) Macalester College alumni {{Asia-business-bio-stub