They don’t come much bigger than Mohamed Alabbar, the entrepreneur with active interests in real estate, luxury hospitality, e-commerce, technology, logistics and the food industry. Alabbar is the founding chairman of Emaar Properties, as well as of Eagle Hills, a private investment and real estate development company, and Americana Group, a Kuwait-based pioneer in food industries. In 2017, he launched Noon, a $1bn e-commerce start-up.