Issa Abu Issa
{{Short description|Qatari businessman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Notability|bio|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Issa Abu Issa
| native_name = عيسى عبد السلام أبو عيسى
| native_name_lang = ar
| image = Issa Abdul Salam Abu Issa.jpg
| caption = Issa Abdul Salam Abu Issa
| birth_name = Issa Abdul Salam Abu Issa
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1955|09|20}}
| birth_place = Doha, Qatar
| nationality = Qatari
| education = B Sc in Business Administration from the United States International University
| occupation = Businessman, Investor
}}
Issa Abdul Salam Abu-Issa{{cite web|title=Issa Abdul Salam Abu Issa: Global Business Leaders|url=http://globalbusinessleaders.org/WebPage/LeaderBio.aspx?leaderCd=l009&levelcd=c02r041|publisher=Global Business Leaders|accessdate=1 April 2012}} ({{langx|ar|عيسى عبد السلام أبو عيسى}}; born 20 September 1955) is a business magnate from Qatar. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of Salam International Investment Limited. He was ranked 43rd in the Arabian Business Qatar Power List 2012.{{cite web |year=2012 |title=Arabian Business Qatar Power List 2012 |url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/arabian-business-qatar-power-list-2012-443489.html?view=profile&itemid=443507 |work=Arabian Business}}
Education and career
Abu Issa studied in and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in 1978 from the United States International University in San Diego, California, United States.{{Cite web |last= |title=ISSA ABU ISSA - QATAR |url=https://www.takreem.net/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Takreem |language=en |archive-date=7 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107223047/http://takreem.net/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=Mr. Issa Abdull Salam Abu Issa |url=https://qataribusinessmen.org/eng/member.aspx?Name=104 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=qataribusinessmen.org}}
On the international front, he holds membership in the World Economic Forum{{cite web|title=World Economic Forum: Partner Institutes|url=http://www.weforum.org/content/pages/partner-institutes#q}} and The Arab Business Council.
=Salam International Investment Limited (SIIL)=
Under Abu Issa's leadership, SIIL has experienced much growth and development. In 2006, due to the rise of capital and expansion, the company planned to build new office buildings and towers in Lusail. In 2009, SIIL planned to pick up a stake in the Jumana Tower building at The Pearl Island.{{cite news|title=SIIL eyeing expansion|url=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=276612&version=1&template_id=48&parent_id=28|newspaper=The Gulf Times|date=4 March 2009|location=Qatar}} The company recently planned to establish a new investment bank in Lebanon along with other shareholders with a $30 million capital.{{cite web|title=Lebanese, Gulf investors to launch private bank with $13 mln capital|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lebanon/2011/Aug-29/Lebanese-Gulf-investors-to-launch-private-bank-with-$13-mln-capital.ashx|work=The Daily Star|location=Lebanon|date=29 August 2011|access-date=12 April 2012|archive-date=2 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902112045/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lebanon/2011/Aug-29/Lebanese-Gulf-investors-to-launch-private-bank-with-$13-mln-capital.ashx|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Salam to Invest in New Investment Bank in Lebanon, Chief Says|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-28/salam-to-invest-in-new-investment-bank-in-lebanon-chief-says.html|publisher=Bloomberg|date=28 August 2011}}
It has been recently voted as one of Forbes Middle East’s Top 200 companies in the Middle East Region.{{cite news |date=26 February 2012 |title=Salam International Turns 60 |newspaper=Gulf Times |location=Qatar |url=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=496331&version=1&template_id=48&parent_id=28}}
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Category:20th-century Qatari businesspeople
Category:Qatari chief executives
Category:Qatari people of Palestinian descent