1 Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, Saudi Arabia, Banking & Finance
2 Mohammed Alabbar, United Arab Emirates, Construction & Industry
3 Muntadar Al Zaidi, Iraq, Media & Marketing
4 Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim, United Arab Emirates, Construction & Industry
5 Esam Janahi, Bahrain, Banking & Finance
6 Amir Nizar Zuabi, Palestine, Culture & Society
7 Mohamed El Erian, Egypt, Banking & Finance
8 Dr Mohamed Nedal Alchaar, Syria, Banking & Finance
9 Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, United Arab Emirates, Transportation
10 Fayez Al Maliki, Saudi Arabia, Media & Marketing
The full list from ArabianBusiness is here: http://www.arabianbusiness.com/power100/list?clr=
i am definitely influenced by guy #3; it gladdened my heart to see Bush the Idiot ducking for cover, overwhelmed by the love of the Iraqi people for their American saviour.
I read a biographical book about Al Waleed (titled "The Prince"). I enjoyed getting a glimpse of his lifestyle. He's a very atypical Saudi royal in that he didn't sit on his rear end living off his monthly royal allowance, but put forth the effort to makea name for himself in real estate and then in other business areas. However, there is a little bit too much praising in the book. Riz Khan, the author, who used to work at CNN (I think he's now in Al Jazeera) must have traded journalistic scrutiny and objectivity for the "unprecedented" access he was afforded to Prince Al Waleed.