page_title: Mohamed Alabbar
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Mohamed Alabbar / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Mohamed Alabbar taking part in Emirates Challenge 5th Jan 2013, Wathba
context_page_description: Mohamed Alabbar, is an Emirati businessman and global entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and chairman of Emaar Properties, the developer of assets such as the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Mall, as well as the chairman of Eagle Hills, the Abu Dhabi based private investment and real estate development company. He is also the founder and director of noon.com, an e-commerce ecosystem for the Arab world and largest GCC e-commerce company and the chairman of Americana Group, in food industries.
context_section_description: Alabbar participates in several athletic pastimes and hobbies such as golf and endurance racing. Alabbar has served as chairman of the UAE Golf Association, and in 2007, he was recognized by Golf World Magazine as one of the world's ten most powerful golfing personalities. Alabbar is also an active member of the UAE's endurance horse racing community. 
  Alabbar's son Rashid Alabbar's wedding was in April 2017. Wedding guests included the President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, the Founder and Chairman of Emirates, Chairman of Dubai World, and President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the Ruler of Ajman, Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, and the Crown Prince of Ajman, Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, the Ruler of Umm Al-Quwain, Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, and the Crown Prince of Umm Al-Quwain, Sheikh Rashid bin Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, the Ruler of Ras al-Khaimah, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, and the Crown Prince of Ras al-Khaimah, Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Chairman of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation and the Ruler of Dubai's son, Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and the President of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sport, Bahrain, and the King of Bahrain's son, Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
caption: Mohamed Alabbar taking part in Emirates Challenge 5th Jan 2013, Wathba
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