Dubai Holding

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Dubai Holding دبي القابضة

Type	Holding Company (Government-owned)
Founded	October, 2004
Headquarters	Emirates Towers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Key people	Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Founder & Honorary Chairman) Mohammed Al Gergawi (Executive Chairman)
Industry	Diversified Investments Real Estate Financial Services Healthcare Hospitality Media Telecommunication
Employees	32,000 (including subsidiaries)

Dubai Holding (Arabic:دبي القابضة) is a holding company that belongs to the Government of Dubai (Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum as the Ruler of Dubai holds 99.67% of the company^[1]). It manages and controls 20 companies, which operate in real estate, hospitality, finance, healthcare, energy, research, education, entertainment, media, internet, tourism and biotechnology.

1 Subsidiaries
2 Major investments
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Subsidiaries

Major subsidiaries of Dubai Holding:

Dubai International Capital (DIC)
Dubai Investment Group (DIG)
Dubai Properties
Jumeirah Group
Sama Dubai
Tatweer - Management of a group of Dubai Holding companies in the real estate, healthcare, entertainment, hospitality and energy sector:
- Universal studios Dubailand
- Dubailand
- The Tiger Woods Dubai
- Dubai Energy - Managing the energy portfolio of Dubai Holding
- Dubai Healthcare City
- Dubai Industrial City
- Mizin
- FREEJ Dubailand
- DreamWorks Dubailand
- Hit Entertainment Dubailand
- Six Flags Dubailand
- Marvel Entertainment Dubailand
- Global Village
- Dubai Mercantile Exchange
TECOM Investments - Operates investments and companies in the IT and Telecommunication sector. Company under it Includes:
- Dubai Internet City
- Dubai Media City
- Dubai Studio City
- Dubai Knowledge Village
- Dubai Outsource Zone - A Free economic zone for outsourcing companies in Dubai.
- Dubiotech
- eHosting Datafort - Internet hosting service for companies based in Dubai and provides services for IT security.
- Empower
- Samacom or Du (20%)

[edit] Major investments

Dubai Holding has major investments in many international firms. Primarily through its international investment arm: DIC, such as:-

DaimlerChrysler (2%)^[2]
EADS (3.12%)^[3]
The Tussauds Group (100%)^[4]
Dubai Bank (70%)^[5]
Travelodge UK (100%)^[6]
Emirates Towers (75%)
Sunbelt rental apartments (21,000 apartments)

Many other unknown investments have been kept secret after the Dubai Ports World deal which put Dubai under the spotlight and opened it to criticism.^{[citation needed]}.