Tarek Sultan: Visionary Leader of the Biggest Global Chain Company

Tarek Sultan, Vice Chairman, Agility Agility began in 1979 as a small-owned warehousing provider in Kuwait and since then Agility has established itself as an integrated logistics powerhouse and has become the largest logistics company in the Gulf. Agility operates in more than 100 countries and has two main lines of business; its global integrated logistics (GIL) business works with companies to move, manage and distribute goods. Its Infrastructure portfolio of companies provides logistics-related services in emerging markets to facilitate trade and create access to opportunities. For a business to grow and achieve the greatness that agility has achieved throughout the years, you need leaders that can guide the organization to be great, and one such leader who has made Agility what it is today is Tarek Sultan. Former Investment banker and Kuwait national Tarek Sultan has been very instrumental in generating Agility’s good fortunes. Sultan assumed leadership when the company was privatized in 1997 and since then Sultan has spearheaded the organization’s determined expansion. Beginning of Agility Tarek Sultan is a visionary leader, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who has been at the forefront of transforming the logistics industry in the Middle East and Beyond. As the chairman of Agility, the region’s largest logistics firm, Sultan has played a key role in shaping the company’s direction, growth, and strategy over the past two decades. Tarek Sultan was born in Kuwait and grew up in a family of entrepreneurs. From a young age, he was fascinated by the logistics industry and its potential