The founders, funders and operators reshaping business across the region. This year’s list spans fintech, design, food and mobility — a snapshot of a generation building at speed.
Aisha Al-Mansoori
Her fintech platform brought cross-border payments to a million unbanked users across the GCC in under two years.
Omar Khalifa
A logistics network rethinking the last mile for the desert megacity — quiet, electric and relentlessly efficient.
Layla Haddad
From a home kitchen to a regional food empire, she is exporting a new idea of Gulf hospitality to the world.
Yousef Al-Rashid
His studio designs the pavilions, museums and public spaces that are redrawing the cultural map of the peninsula.
