Mohammed Al Barwani

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Mohammed Al Barwani
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Born
Mohammed Bin Ali Bin Mohammed Al Barwani

(1951-10-30) October 30, 1951 (age 70)
NationalityOmani
Alma mater Miami University
Heriot-Watt University
Known forfounder, owner and chairman, MB Holding
owner, Oceanco
Spouse(s)Sharifa al Harthy
Children5

Mohammed bin Ali bin Mohammed Al Barwani (born October 30, 1951) [1] is an Omani billionaire businessman, the founder and chairman of MB Holding Group of companies, which operate in oil and gas exploration and production, oilfield services, engineering and mining.

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Early life

Mohammed Al Barwani was born in Oman. [2] In 1975 he received a bachelor's degree in Science from Miami University, Ohio, US, and a "Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981". [3] In 1980, he was awarded a master degree and in 2010 received an honorary doctorate in petroleum engineering from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK, [1] yet styles himself as "Dr. Mohammed Al Barwani". [4]

Career

Barwani started his career in the oil industry as a reservoir engineer for Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), a joint venture of Shell and the Government of Oman, where he worked from 1976 to 1986. [5]

Barwani founded MB Holding in 1982 to provide oilfield services. MB expanded into oil and gas exploration and production, and then engineering services [2] and subsequently founded Mawarid Mining in 1987 and Petrogas in 1999. [6] In 1997 he acquired KC Drilling in Hungary, in 2000, Erdol-Edgas Workover in Germany, and in 2004 United Engineering Services, in Oman. He also acquired Hyspec in the United Kingdom, in 2012. [7]

Barwani owns the Dutch yacht builder Oceanco. [2] [8] He first visited the company in 2009, [9] and acquired it from Greek businessman Theodore Angelopoulos in 2010. [10] In 2015, Barwani bought the Turkish shipyard Turquoise Yachts. [11] [12] He runs Musstir, a property developer with "stakes in several hotels in Oman". [2]

Barwani is a non-executive director of a number of publicly traded and joint stock companies, Al Madina Insurance co. SAOG, Al Madina Investments SAOG (Muscat Stock Market), Nautilus Minerals. [13] He was formerly a non-executive director of Oman Air, Shell Oman Marketing Company, Taageer Leasing Company, Oman, and National Bank of Oman. [14] He is a member of the International SeaKeepers Society. [9]

Barwani was included in the book Those Who Inspire Oman, published in November 2012 by the publishing house Those Who Inspire Ltd. [15]

As of May 2016, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$1.01 billion. [2]

In 2020, Barwani was appointed as chairman of Oman Air the national airline of Oman. [16]

Personal life

He is married to Sharifa al Harthy, who has always been involved in the company, and she is deputy chairman of MB Holding. [17] They live in Muscat, and have five children, all of whom work for MB Holding. [2]

Barwani owns several boats, with the 32 metre yacht Sharifa being the largest. [18]

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