Dubai’s community website Dubizzle, for years a household name in the UAE, has registered blistering success even through the worst financial crisis in memory. It’s all down to timing and a moment of inspiration in a coffee shop, say the co-founders.
Businessmen who fail to make tidy profits by 2020 will have only themselves to blame, strategist claims.
Despite his humble beginnings, Sir Philip Green has emerged as a pragmatic entrepreneur, whose shrewd takeovers of British Home Stores and Topshop have crowned him king of the high street.
Early Entrepreneur
Sir Philip Green was born in Croydon, south London, in 1952. At the age of 15 he worked for a shoe importer before travelling to [...]
Fatima al Jaber was the first woman elected to the board of ADCCI in December last year. As the only woman ever to be voted in – and the winner of the most overall votes – she tells Commerce how it feels to break the glass ceiling.
