Abdullah Azhari

Abdullah Azhari, Managing Director, Saudi Icon The Gulf Entrepreneur got the opportunity to feature Abdullah Azhari as one of the most influential entrepreneurs from Saudi Arabia to watch in 2022. We want to tell his story to inspire fellow entrepreneurs in the country. This feature will focus on his business journey, value-creation through his company, and his approach to business. Interview with Abdullah Azhari What was your life like before you began your entrepreneurial journey? What experience shaped you to become an entrepreneur?I grew up in a family where entrepreneurship was the only way of life. My father often said: ‘I have never worked for anyone in my life’. This had a profound impact on our family where we are 5 sibling entrepreneurs. After graduating from university, I worked in Turner Construction Company where I learned a great deal in the US and then moved to Saudi Arabia in 2010. I worked for my father’s contracting business for one year then moved to an engineering consulting company in Riyadh. While