GCC Inc.

According to bq magazine, individuals taking the GCC into the global league have often been overshadowed by the sheer magnificence of the massive projects or ventures they helped fashion. This new ongoing series focuses on personalities writing the chapters of the region’s future. In Part 1, bq magazine speaks to four maverick business personas based in Qatar.

The GCC’s economy is primarily hydrocarbon based and while the various states are spending billions of dollars on huge undertakings, in the end it is the private sector that truly supports these developments. As the region makes great strides on the global scene, these leaders are responding boldly by adopting dramatic reforms to cater to the needs of the region. The four business leaders featured in Part 1 of the series are major game-changers in retail, technology, entertainment and urban infrastructure. They certainly know what it takes to stay on top of it!

The personalities have been featured alphabetically.

Abdullatif Mohammed Al Jaidah, CEO, Badgeer Properties

Following in the footsteps of family tradition, Abdullatif Mohammed Al Jaidah chooses his own line of business. His passion for developing it has placed his real estate company ahead of the curve in what is an extremely competitive industry here in Qatar.

Al Jaidah Brothers is a family owned group of companies that have become leaders in their respective fields of enterprise. Al Jaidah brothers, whose brand has come to embody an exceptional set of professional values that still embody and develop efficiency, expertise and quality of service. The company's growth is uniquely in line with the vision laid down by the government for the future development of the Qatar business market as a whole.

The brothers’ success is derived from and particularly evident through the interrelated way their companies support and complement each other. Al Jaidah Brothers’ partner companies are Techno Q, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Badgeer Properties, Italian Style Qatar & Design 2000 (Design Duemila), Kershaw Leonard, Office1 Gulf and Regus Al Jaidah Business Centres.

Abdullatif Mohammed Al Jaidah is the CEO of Badgeer Properties. He maintains the family tradition of excellence via his own unique line of business, and his passion for developing it has placed his real estate company ahead of the curve in what is an extremely competitive industry here in Qatar. As he says: “We are the third generation of this family business. I run the real-estate and property management division, and I have been in the industry for over twenty five years, since 1990."

Al Jaidah has studied in Qatar, England and the United States. He profoundly believes in a business approach that is customer centric, with mutually assured benefits for customers, tenants and the company alike. And all of this proceeds from a core belief, which is that fostering excellent business relations is the most valuable asset that any company can undertake, promoting peaceful and mutually beneficial relations not merely for companies and customers, but for individuals, communities and the nation as a whole.

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