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Badr Jafar

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Badr Jafar (بدر حميد جعفر) is an Emirati business executive and social entrepreneur based in the United Arab Emirates. [1]

30 relations: American University of Beirut, American University of Sharjah, Arabian Business, Ashoka (non-profit organization), Bill Gates, Cambridge Judge Business School, CERT Group of Companies, Crescent Enterprises, Crescent Petroleum, Emirate of Sharjah, Endeavor (non-profit), Eton College, Gulftainer, Harvard Book Award, Harvard University, Iraqi Kurdistan, Melinda Gates, Pearl Initiative, Pearl Petroleum, Quincy Jones, Save the Children, The Giving Pledge, The National (Abu Dhabi), Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me), United Arab Emirates, University of Cambridge, Warren Buffett, Washington, D.C., World Economic Forum, Young Global Leaders.

American University of Beirut

The American University of Beirut (AUB); الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت) is a private, secular and independent university in Beirut, Lebanon. Degrees awarded at the American University of Beirut (AUB) are officially registered with the New York Board of Regents. The university is ranked number 1 in the Arab region and 235 in the world in the 2018 QS World University Rankings. The American University of Beirut is governed by a private, autonomous Board of Trustees and offers programs leading to bachelor's, master's, MD, and PhD degrees. It collaborates with many universities around the world, notably with Columbia University, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Washington, DC; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the University of Paris. The current president is Fadlo R. Khuri, MD. The American University of Beirut (AUB) boasts an operating budget of $380 million with an endowment of approximately $500 million. The campus is composed of 64 buildings, including the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC, formerly known as AUH – American University Hospital) (420 beds), four libraries, three museums and seven dormitories. Almost one-fifth of AUB's students attended secondary school or university outside Lebanon before coming to AUB. AUB graduates reside in more than 120 countries worldwide. The language of instruction is English.

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American University of Sharjah

American University of Sharjah (abbreviated AUS; الجامعة الأمريكية في الشارقة) is a co-educational institution of higher education in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Arabian Business

Arabian Business is a weekly business magazine published in Dubai and focusing on the Middle East.

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Ashoka (non-profit organization)

Ashoka (branded Ashoka: Innovators of the Public) is an international organization that promotes social entrepreneurship by affiliating individual social entrepreneurs into the Ashoka organization.

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Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, humanitarian, and principal founder of Microsoft Corporation.

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Cambridge Judge Business School

Cambridge Judge Business School is the business school of the University of Cambridge.

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CERT Group of Companies

The CERT (Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training) Group of Companies began as the commercial arm of the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates, and has grown to be the largest private education provider in the Middle East.

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Crescent Enterprises

Crescent Enterprises is a diversified global conglomerate headquartered in the United Arab Emirates.

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Crescent Petroleum

Crescent Petroleum is the first and largest private upstream oil and gas company in the Middle East.

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Emirate of Sharjah

The Emirate of Sharjah (الشارقة) is one of the emirates of the United Arab Emirates.

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Endeavor (non-profit)

Endeavor is an organization headquartered in New York City that credits itself as pioneering the concept of high-impact entrepreneurship in growth markets around the world.

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Eton College

Eton College is an English independent boarding school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, near Windsor.

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Gulftainer

Gulftainer is an independently owned, global port operator with its corporate head office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Harvard Book Award

The Harvard Book Award or Harvard Prize Book is an award given out by the alumni of Harvard University to the top-performing student(s) in 11th/12th grade reading classes in nearly 2,000 "selected" high schools from around the world.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraqi Kurdistan, officially called the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (Herêmî Kurdistan) by the Iraqi constitution, is an autonomous region located in northern Iraq.

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Melinda Gates

Melinda Ann Gates (née French; born August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist.

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Pearl Initiative

The Pearl Initiative is a Gulf business–led organisation promoting a corporate culture of accountability and transparency as a driver of competitiveness and sustainable economic growth across the Gulf region of the Middle East.

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Pearl Petroleum

Pearl Petroleum is a five-company consortium consisting of two Middle Eastern oil and gas companies, Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum, in partnership with three major European energy companies: OMV, MOL, and RWE.

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Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933), also known as "Q", is an American musician and record producer.

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Save the Children

The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organisation that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries.

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The Giving Pledge

The Giving Pledge is a campaign to encourage wealthy people to contribute a majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes.

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The National (Abu Dhabi)

The National is a private English-language daily newspaper published in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)

"Tomorrow (A Better You, a Better Me)" is a song originally recorded by the Brothers Johnson as an instrumental in 1976 on the album Look Out for #1.

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United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates (UAE; دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة), sometimes simply called the Emirates (الإمارات), is a federal absolute monarchy sovereign state in Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing maritime borders with Qatar to the west and Iran to the north.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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Warren Buffett

Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist who serves as the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a Swiss nonprofit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Young Global Leaders

The Young Global Leaders, or Forum of Young Global Leaders, is an independent non-profit organization managed from Geneva, Switzerland, under the supervision of the Swiss government.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badr_Jafar

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