Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum
Before returning to Oman, after the Sultan deposed his father in a bloodless coup, Al Zawawi studied in India and then moved to Dubai, where he helped set up the Pepsi-Cola Operations with Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the then Ruler of Dubai (1958–1990), and Sultan bin Ali Al Owais and Mohamed Yehia Zakaria, both prominent business men.