Amr Al-Dabbagh
| Amr Al-Dabbagh | |
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| Born | Amr Abdullah M.A. Al-Dabbagh |
| Nationality | Saudi Arabian |
| Alma mater | King Abdulaziz University |
| Occupation | Businessman and 2nd Governor of SAGIA (2004–2012) |
| Years active | 1991-present |
| Religion | Islam |
| Spouse(s) | Hanan Enany |
| Children | Yasmeen, Abdullah, Hassan, Haneen, Mohammad |
Amr Al-Dabbagh is a Saudi businessman, philanthropist, former government minister, and author. He is the chairman and CEO of the Jeddah-based Al-Dabbagh Group. Al-Dabbagh is the founder of the Stars Foundation, a non-profit devoted to helping disadvantaged children, and Philanthropy University,[1] a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for non-profit managers and philanthropists, providing free non-credit courses powered by the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Education
Al-Dabbagh obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration from King Abdulaziz University. He also attended executive programs in management at the Harvard Business School, the Wharton School, the John F. Kennedy School of Government and the London Business School, as well as training programs with Merrill Lynch, Coutts & Co., and Banque Worms.
Career
Al-Dabbagh Group
Since 1991, Al-Dabbagh has served as Chairman and CEO of Al-Dabbagh Group (ADG). The business is a family conglomerate founded in 1962 by his father, His Excellency Abdullah Mohammed Ali Al-Dabbagh, the former Minister of Agriculture of Saudi Arabia.
ADG consists of five portfolios including Food, Petroleum & Auto Services, Housing, Packaging and an Incubation portfolio. Al-Dabbagh Group and its subsidiary companies currently employs in excess of 15,000 people globally representing 53 nationalities. The Group includes 62 companies; with manufacturing presence in 35 countries and sales, services and projects in over 60 countries and with ever expanding horizons as we move towards 2020.
Al-Dabbagh Group is includes a start-up incubator and four strategic business segments, including:
- Food with Tanmiah Food Group as its flagship company;
- Housing with Red Sea Housing as its flagship company;
- Petroleum and Autoservices with Petromin as its flagship company;
- Packaging with Greif FPS as its flagship company.
20x20 Effort
In 2014 Al-Dabbagh announced one of his key initiatives as CEO, the "20x20" effort. This initiative seeks to position Al-Dabbagh Group among the top 20 wholly owned family businesses in the world by 2020.[2]
Club 32 Initiative
As steward of the family heritage, Al-Dabbagh leads the "Club 32" initiative, created to empower the 32 members of the Al-Dabbagh family's third generation, including his own five children, to become global leaders. The initiative will endow Club 32 members with the skills and traits needed to become responsible stakeholders and responsible global citizens.
SAGIA
Al-Dabbagh served two four-year terms in public service as Governor and Chairman of the Board of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), with the rank of Minister.
Accomplishments during his time at SAGIA included:
- Launching the 10x10 initiative, a program designed to lead Saudi Arabia to a top ten global competitiveness ranking for its business environment by the year 2010.
- An increase in Saudi Arabia’s rankings in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Report from 67th in 2005 to 11th in 2010, out of 183 countries.[3]
- An increase in the amount of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Saudi Arabia. Between 2005 and 2010, the average annual FDI increased to $25 billion from an average of $478 million for the preceding 9-year period. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Saudi Arabia was one of the biggest recipients of FDI globally during this period. As a result, the Kingdom increased its FDI stock by 831%, from $20.5 billion at the of 2004 to $170 billion in 2010, which was nearly 40% of its GDP.[4][5]
- Launching the Economic Cities Initiative in 2005, four greenfield urban construction projects designed to capture and retain domestic and foreign capital and to increase the Kingdom’s goal of increasing urban development. This initiative was spun off into the Economic Cities Authority (ECA) in 2010.[6]
Philanthropy University
Al-Dabbagh created Philanthropy University, an initiative based at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Philanthropy University, launched on September 1, 2015, offers Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to philanthropists and non-profit leaders.[7]
The initiative was created with the collaboration of Laura Tyson, director of the Institute for Business and Social Impact at the Haas School. It attracted 200,000 registrants in its first month and has received news coverage from the New York Times and the Chronicle of Philanthropy.[8]
Philanthropy University has a stated goal of having a positive effect on the lives of 100,000 people by 2020 by offering free training to thousands of NGO leaders.[9]
Memberships and honors
Al-Dabbagh is the vice chairman of the board of trustees of The Centennial Fund, which was established to help young Saudi entrepreneurs achieve economic independence through self-employment.
He is a member of the World Economic Forum, as well as a Member of the Governing Body of the London Business School. He currently sits on the International Leadership Board of Cleveland Clinic and is a Trustee of the Eisenhower Fellowship.
Al-Dabbagh was the founding Chairman of the think tank the Jeddah Economic Forum.
In January 1995, the Executive Board of the World Economic Forum and the Editorial Board of Worldlink Magazine jointly designated Amr Dabbagh as one of 100 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow."
Al-Dabbagh has also served as Honorary Counsel of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Saudi Arabia.
He is a past board member of the Harvard Institute for Social and Economic Policy in the Middle East at the John F. Kennedy School of Government; a member of the Young Presidents' Organization (and its former Chairman in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain); a member of the Advisory Board of the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector; and a member of the Board of the Arab-French Chamber of Commerce.
Al-Dabbagh was appointed to two consecutive 4-year terms as a member of the Regional Council in the Makkah Region of Saudi Arabia and was also elected twice to consecutive 4-year terms as a board member of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He has previously served as Chairman of the Jeddah Marketing Board.
Selected publications
- Governpreneurship: Establishing a Thriving Entrepreneurial Spirit in Government (with Robert Hisrich): Argues that entrepreneurial practices and principles from the private sector and an emphasis on innovation can make government organizations more effective.
References and sources
- References
- ↑ Sullivan, Paul (2015-10-16). "Online University Helps Philanthropic Groups and Their Leaders". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
- ↑ "Al-Dabbagh Group's 2020 strategy to help crack Top 20 wholly-owned global family businesses | Campden FB". www.campdenfb.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- ↑ "Doing Business 2010 - World Bank Group". www.doingbusiness.org. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- ↑ "Saudi Arabia | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- ↑ "Annual Report of FDI INTO SAUDI ARABIA 2010" (PDF). SAGIA. National Competitiveness Center. 2010-10-16. Retrieved 12/3/2015. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Saudi Arabia's new desert megacity - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- ↑ Sullivan, Paul (2015-10-16). "Online University Helps Philanthropic Groups and Their Leaders". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
- ↑ "UC Berkeley and Saudi Donor Start New Online 'Philanthropy University'". The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
- ↑ Sullivan, Paul (2015-10-16). "Online University Helps Philanthropic Groups and Their Leaders". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- Sources
- Saudi Minister Meets with US Business Leaders
- Global Competitiveness Forum
- Global Forum welcomes former President of Singapore and other high profile keynote speakers