6. Ali Hamad Lakhraim Alzaabi, Founder, President, and CEO, Millennium Hotels & Resorts, Middle East and Africa

Ali Hamad Lakhraim Alzaabi, the founder, president, and CEO for Millennium Hotels & Resorts, Middle East and Africa, has launched eight hotels since July 2016, with 20 more due to open by the end of 2017 – at which point the group’s portfolio will have grown by more than 50% over the last year. For Alzaabi, the past year is only the start of rapid, region-wide expansion for the group, with the goal of operating more than 100 properties within the next three years.

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