Five Qataris at the forefront of Qatar's progress

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Life

3. Akbar Al Baker:

Born in 1960 in Qatar’s capital city, Doha, Al Baker studied Economics and Commerce in India. Although he has become well-known for being the no non-sense CEO of Qatar Airways since 1997 and has taken the airline to grand heights, Al Baker has also worked at the Qatar Tourism Authority as its Chairman. It is under his leadership the multi-billion dollar redevelopment and up gradation of the Hamad International Airport was undertaken.