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Ahmed Bin Sulayem is the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ofย DMCCย and has driven its growth from a start-up of 28 member companies in 2003 to the worldโs leadingย free zoneย in 2023 with 24,000+ member companies from 180 countries, employing over 80,000 people.
Tasked with enhancingย commodity tradeย flows through Dubai, DMCC has introduced to the market a number ofย value-added products and servicesย under Mr Bin Sulayemโs leadership. In 2023, DMCC has been named the โGlobal Free Zone of the Yearโ by The Financial Times fDi Magazine, for a record ninth consecutive year.
Mr Bin Sulayem oversaw the exponential growth of the DMCC Free Zone master development in Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT), a 200-hectare business and residential community in Dubai of over 100,000 people living and working across 87 towers. Mr Bin Sulayem also oversees the development of DMCCโs latest real estate project; the much-anticipated Uptown Dubai district.
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