29. Hillary Pinto

Managing Director and Founder

COMPANY: Al Faris Group

SECTOR: Heavy Equipment

Pinto founded the Al Faris Group 25 years ago, a diversified conglomerate that offers heavy lifting and transport equipment services as well as energy solutions. The group has helped construct iconic projects including the Dubai Metro, the Dubai Mall, Dubai International Airport, Riyadh Metro, Expo 2020 Dubai, the Burj Khalifa, the Dubai Dry Docks and Jebel Ali Free Zone. The group employs 3,200 people across the U.A.E., Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. In June 2020, the group bought 69 mobile and crawler cranes worth $97 million from German-Swiss heavy equipment manufacturer Liebherr.