HE SHEIKH SALEH KAMEL

FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN DALLAH ALBARAKA ORIGIN KSA RESIDENCE KSA SECTOR FINANCE 2016 RANK 45

Kamel is a Saudi business and Islamic banking veteran with more than five decades of experience and a net worth of $2.2bn, according to the most recent Forbes estimates. Since founding Dallah Albaraka in 1969 he has transformed it into a diversified international conglomerate with interests in trade, real estate, finance, healthcare, transportation and more. He is also the founder and chairman of Bahraini Islamic wholesale bank Al Baraka Banking Group, which has an authorised capital of $1.5bn and $2.1bn in total equity. In January, Kamel announced that the company had achieved regulatory approval to establish a bank in Morocco adding to its 15-country footprint. His other roles include chairman of the General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, and member of the Advisory Panel of the Islamic Development Bank.