Ramez Al-Khayyat is a Qatari businessman based in

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. He is the President and GCEO of Power International Holding, a Qatari-based conglomerate which operates across general contracting, real estate, food and agriculture, hospitality, and services.

Career

Al-Khayyat started his career as a board member of Al-Khayyat Contracting and Trading, a family business established by his father Mohamad Reslan Al-Khayyat in 1983. In 2011, Al-Khayyat co-founded UrbaCon Trading & Contracting with his brother

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, a large construction company in

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. It has undertaken several large development projects including the Banana Island resort, the

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and Lekhwiya Sports Complex, which will be used as part of the 2022 Football World Cup. Al-Khayyat serves as its Managing Director. Al-Khayyat is the Managing Director of Baladna Food Industries, Qatar’s largest dairy and beverage producer which provides 95% of the country's dairy products. Baladna rose to prominence during the

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when the company airlifted cows from other countries into Qatar to bypass the Saudi blockade. In 2021, Al-Khayyat announced that the company was exporting to 11 countries and expanding its range of cheeses, juices and milk products. In 2016, Al-Khayyat received the Retail Leadership Award for the Mall of Qatar development at the Asia Retail Congress Awards. In April 2022, Al-Khayyat was appointed Vice Chairman of Estithmar Holding QPSC, a public company on the

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. He is the Managing Director of Aura Group, a company that operates in the

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sector in Qatar, and Assets, a Qatar-based real estate company. In September 2022, Power International Holding was listed by

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in the Middle East's Top 100 Arab Family Businesses, ranking thirteenth.

References

External links

UrbaCon Trading & Contracting

Baladna Food Industries

Power International Holding
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khayyat, Ramez Living people 1983 births People from Doha 21st-century Qatari businesspeople Qatari people of Syrian descent Syrian businesspeople