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Contents<br />
14<br />
People<br />
06 The Bedouin who built<br />
a business empire<br />
The inspirational story of<br />
Mohed Altrad, winner of EY World<br />
Entrepreneur Of The Year TM 2015.<br />
14 Dates with a difference<br />
Dr. Ata Atmar has created an<br />
international premium brand<br />
based on the humble date.<br />
18 Pitch perfect<br />
Turnaround specialist George<br />
Mullan has built SIS Pitches into<br />
a world leader in sports surfaces.<br />
“From the very beginning,<br />
we didn’t think we’d be<br />
limited to the Middle East.”<br />
Dr. Ata Atmar, Managing Director of Bateel<br />
20 Charging ahead<br />
Focus on electric vehicles: Mate<br />
Rimac is building the world’s<br />
highest-performance electric<br />
supercar, while Dr. Frank Pawlitschek<br />
is turning lampposts into charging<br />
stations for electric vehicles.<br />
28 From communism to<br />
the cutting edge<br />
How Chinese-born Ping Fu became<br />
an innovator in 3D printing.<br />
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34 Tech talk<br />
Rob Leslie of Sedicii and<br />
Stéphanie Delestre of Qapa are<br />
among the tech entrepreneurs<br />
who tell us how they turned a<br />
bright idea into a business.<br />
40 From Italy with love<br />
Oscar Farinetti is an evangelist for<br />
the finest Italian food and drink.<br />
44 Can young people<br />
save the world?<br />
Kate Robertson, cofounder of One<br />
Young World, believes they can.