NASSER AL KHELAIFI

CHAIRMAN AND CEO, BEIN MEDIA GROUP, CHAIRMAN, QATAR SPORTS INVESTMENT, PRESIDENT, PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN ORIGIN QATAR RESIDENCE FRANCE SECTOR MEDIA/SPORT 2016 RaNk 27

Former professional tennis player Al Khelaifi’s influence in the global media industry is growing by the year as he builds a regional powerhouse to rival the likes of OSN. In 2016, BeIN Media group acquired global film studio Miramax, for which he is now chairman and interim CEO, completed the acquisition of the holding company of Turkish pay-TV group Digiturk and signed an exclusive multi-year TV deal with Warner Bros. On top of this media power and BeIN’s exclusive regional sports broadcasting rights, he is an influential figure in the sporting world as president of Qatar Tennis Federation, honorary chairman of the Asian Tennis Federation and the man who led Qatar sports Investment’s takeover of French club Paris Saint-Germain in 2011.