The chairman of a century-old Gulf conglomerate presides over an empire spanning everything from real estate to energy, with offices in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, the UK, France and India. He has also partnered with French company Armonia Group, which has helped produce the Roland Garros French Open Grand Slam and the COP 21 UN climate change conference in Paris, to create a new event management and luxury hospitality staffing company.