4. Emirates NBD

Group CEO: Shayne Nelson

Country: U.A.E.

Sales: $9.7 billion • Profits: $1.9 billion

Assets: $190.1 billion • Market value: $23.5 billion Emirates NBD was formed in 2007 by the merger of the National Bank of Dubai and Emirates Bank International. Today it is Dubai’s largest bank by assets, employing more than 25,000 people. Chairman, Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, is also the chairman and CEO of the

Emirates Group. Shayne Nelson has been CEO of the bank since 2013. Before joining Emirates NBD, Nelson served in Singapore as the CEO of Standard Chartered Private Bank.