Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

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| name = Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

| title = Sheikh

| spouse = {{marriage|Sheikha Fatima bint Hamad Al Khaili|2002}}{{cite web | url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/zayed-celebrates-sons-wedding-1.439385 | title=Zayed celebrates son's wedding | date=25 April 2002 }}

| issue = Zayed
Mouza
Ahmed
Saif

| full name =

| succession = Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

| reign = 14 April 2010 – present

| reign-type = In office

| predecessor = Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

| successor =

| father = Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

| mother = Mouza bint Suhail Al Khaili

| birth_date = 1971

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| house = Al Nahyan

| religion =

}}

{{Infobox royal styles

|royal name = Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

|image = 50px

|dipstyle = His Highness

|offstyle = Your Highness

}}

Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Arabic: حامد بن زايد آل نهيان) is an Emirati businessman and managing director of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. He is a member of the Al Nahyan, ruling family of Abu Dhabi.

Early life and education

Sheikh Hamed is the son of late emir (ruler) of Abu Dhabi, the founder and first president of UAE.{{cite news|title=Abu Dhabi - Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Abu+Dhabi+-+Shaikh+Hamed+Bin+Zayed+Al-Nahyan.-a0315593967|accessdate=16 April 2013|newspaper=APS Review Oil Market Trends|date=21 January 2013}} His mother is Sheikha Mouza.{{cite book|author=Christopher Davidson|title=Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_1ll0Y3LZoC&pg=PA101|date=September 2011|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-80033-4|page=100}} He has four full-brothers, including late Sheikh Ahmed and Sheikh Saif. Current emir of Abu Dhabi, UAE president, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed is his half-brother. Hamed holds an economics degree, which he received from Emirates University, and a master's degree in petroleum economics, which he obtained from the University of Wales.{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://gsec.abudhabi.ae/Sites/GSEC/Content/EN/PDF/Biographies/hh-hamad-bin-zayed,property=pdf.pdf|publisher=GSEC|accessdate=16 April 2013}}

Career

Sheikh Hamed is the chairman of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court and the member of Executive Council of Abu Dhabi.{{cite web|url=http://gsec.abudhabi.ae/Sites/GSEC/Navigation/EN/ExecutiveCouncil/picture-gallery.html|title=The General Secretariat of the Executive Council - Members' Profiles|publisher=GSEC|accessdate=16 April 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sheikhmohammedbinzayed.net/site/en/news_show.php?n_id=306|title=منتديات سمو الشيخ محمد بن زايد آل نهيان في قلوب محبيه|publisher=Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed website|accessdate=16 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821010231/http://www.sheikhmohammedbinzayed.net/site/en/news_show.php?n_id=306|archive-date=21 August 2013|url-status=dead}} He is the deputy chairman of Khalifa University's board of trustees.{{cite news|url= http://www.albawaba.com/business/pr/khalifa-university-committee-meeting-428710|title=His Highness Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed chairs Khalifa University's Board of Trustees Executive Committee Meeting|newspaper=Albawaba|accessdate=4 September 2012}} Sheik Hamad is the chairman of the board of directors of Etihad Airways, the Abu Dhabi government-owned airlines.{{cite web|url=http://www.etihadairways.com/sites/etihad/sa/en/aboutetihad/corporateprofile/Pages/BoardofDirectors.aspx|title=Etihad Airways Global - National Airline of United Arab Emirates|publisher=Etihad Airways|accessdate=16 April 2013}}

On 14 April 2010, he replaced his deceased brother Sheikh Ahmed as the managing director of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the three largest sovereign wealth fund.{{cite news|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/sheikh-hamed-named-head-of-abu-dhabi-investment-authority-156595.html|title=Sheikh Hamed named head of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority|newspaper=Arabian Business|accessdate=20 September 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/biz/inside.asp?xfile=/data/business/2010/April/business_April279.xml§ion=business|title=Hamed appointed new ADIA Managing Director|date=15 April 2010|accessdate=8 July 2011|newspaper=Khaleej Times|archive-date=1 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001184128/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/biz/inside.asp?xfile=/data/business/2010/April/business_April279.xml§ion=business|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|author=Sara Bazoobandi|title=Political Economy of the Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds: A Case Study of Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJX3v9Ubm_IC&pg=PA82|year=2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-17019-5|page=82}}

Influence

In 2012, he was included in the 50 Most Influential list of Bloomberg Markets magazine.{{cite news|title=Bloomberg Markets' 50 Most Influential|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/slideshow/2012-09-04/bloomberg-markets-50-most-influential.html#slide12|accessdate=16 April 2013|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=5 September 2012}} He is the 12th in the list. In July 2013, Sheikh Hamed was ranked #1 on the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute's Public Investor 100 ranking.{{cite web|title=Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan|url=http://www.swfinstitute.org/public-investor-100/sheikh-hamed-bin-zayed-al-nahyan/|work=SWF Institute|accessdate=11 August 2013|archive-date=21 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021125228/https://www.swfinstitute.org/public-investor-100/sheikh-hamed-bin-zayed-al-nahyan/|url-status=dead}}

Honours

Image:Order of the British Empire (Civil) Ribbon.png Honorary Knight Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (2013){{Cite news|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419319/2013_Honorary_Awards_-_Final.pdf|title=Honorary British Awards to Foreign Nationals – 2013|date=|work=gov.uk|access-date=2021-03-02|language=en}}