The Kanoo Group has diversified interests including financial services, shipping, travel, machinery, logistics, oil & gas, ports, power, and chemicals. Mishal is the 4th generation to run the vast organisation. Today, he sits on the boards of over 15 companies ranging in sizes from US$10 million to over US$1 billion, chairing and vice chairing some while being a Director of others. Most notably, he is currently the Chairman of Freightworks, Johnson Arabia, and BRC, Vice Chair of UACC as well as his own Family Business.

Mishal has a reputation as a futurist and strategist with a strong track record of forecasting economic developments in and around the Middle East. He publicly spoke about “gold prices being overpriced and overrated” at a Gulf Business forum way before Warren Buffet talked about it. He often wrote about the Dubai property.

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