United Arab Emirates CEO of the Year 2025

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Rank	+/-	Nominee		Points
101		Dan Gudkov		0
102		Marcello Mari		0
103		Abdullah Farid		0
104		Kabir Mohan Valrani		0
105		Joa'an Abu Hantash		0
106		Darshan Ganatra		0
107		Abdul Jalil Mian		0
108		Abhi Dwivedi		0
109		Muhammad Farhan		0
110		Saurabh Kishu		0
111		Shehbaz Khan		0
112		Shervin Tarjoman		0
113		Melad Amgad		0
114		Saleh Ghazal		0
115		Nader Saleh		0
116		Shahrukh Hussain		0
117		Midhat Abu-Ghazaleh		0
118		Mahmoud Galal		0
119		Peter Vonogs		0
120		Ramin Seyed		0
121		Denis Dubovik		0
122		Majid Ahmad		0
123		Muhammad Altafkhan		0
124		Amitabh Tiwari		0
125		Kanzy El Defrawy		0
126		Michel Kilzi		0
127		Ruksahna Udas		0
128		Usman Ali		0
129		Mohammad Shafiee		0
130		Alya Al Hebshi		0
131		M Imran Cheema		0
132		Slobodan Draksimovic		0
133		Stephen Akorede		0
134		Saurabh Pandey		0
135		Debasish Guha Roy		0
136		Nikita Zakharov		0
137		Abed Baidas		0
138		Tasneem Sultana		0
139		Dr. Arafat El Mourad		0
140		Sondos Ammdadl		0
141		Alejandro Rojas		0
142		Louis Roche		0
143		Waleed Salah		0
144		Isabel Conde		0
145		Sheikh Khubaib		0
146		Axel Van den Daele		0
147		Denielle Mohonathan		0
148		Melvin George Anchil		0
149		Nina Alag Suri		0
150		Sadaf Abbas		0

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Season 2025 Overview
Key Facts and Figures

Start*:		Jan 1 2025 18:00 GMT
End:		Dec 30, 2025 17:00 GMT
Winners Announcement:		Dec 30, 2025 18:00 GMT
Nominees:		990
Countries:		79

* The start date is symbolic, as nominees can join throughout the year. To learn more about the rules, visit the Rules and Guidelines page.

Abdulaziz Almasradi

CEO of the Year 2024

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