Four Saudi women listed in Forbes top 50 most powerful businesswomen

Four Saudi women listed in Forbes top 50 most powerful businesswomen

Four Saudi women made it to this year’s Forbes list of top 50 most powerful businesswomen, which featured women from 19 countries and 17 sectors.

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The Saudi Arabian women who made it to the list are Sarah al-Suhaimi, Hutham Olayan, Lubna Olayan, and Basma al-Maiman.

Sarah al-Suhaimi

In fourth place was Sarah al-Suhaimi, the first Saudi woman to chair the Kingdom’s Stock Exchange Tadawul. The Saudi Arabian Stock Exchange is the Middle East’s largest stock market.

She is also a board member of the country’s largest telecom operator Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and is a trustee of the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation.

Al-Suhaimi also serves on the Board of Directors of the Saudi Cultural Development Fund and Saudia airlines.

Hutham Olayan

Hutham Olayan ranked in sixth place is the chairwoman of the Olayan Group, a private, multinational enterprise with an actively managed portfolio of global investments. Founded in 1947, the Olayan Group is an international investor that operates in an array of different sectors.

In January 2021, Olayan was appointed to the board of Brookfield Asset Management Inc.

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