4 EMIRATES NBD

Country: U.A.E. Sales: $6.9 B

Profits: $2.7 B Assets: $136 B Market Value: $18.2 B

Emirates NBD was formed in 1963, when H.H. Late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum signed the Charter of Incorporation of the National Bank of Dubai. In 2007, the National Bank of Dubai merged with Emirates Bank International to form what was at the time the U.A.E.’s biggest bank—Emirates NBD. The group has branches in five countries. Currently, more than 9,000 people, representing 70 nationalities, are employed by Emirates NBD, making it one of the largest and most culturallydiversified employers in the U.A.E.