Opportunity Dubai: Making a Fortune in the Middle East
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.13 (553 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1905641974 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 181 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Making a million away from the credit crunch I have known Peter Cooper since sharing Philosophy tutorials with him at Oxford University, and even then had the impression that one of us would go on to make a million, and that it probably wouldn't be me. Well, this is the story of how he did it.He pulls no punches about the low. "Fascinating read!!!" according to A. Homberg. A fascinating read about the trials and tribulations of setting up and growing your business in Dubai. Gives the reader a good impression of what it takes to evolve a business in a tough market-driven environment. A must read for anyone that is considering working in, moving to, or
He created the Dubai Internet City in late 1999, just in time in fact to give the author of this book a dedicated free zone with 100 per cent ownership for his small business. It is also an inside track on what is happening in modern Dubai, the focal point of hundreds of billions of dollars of investment, and a city whose GDP has quadrupled in a decade, outperforming any other in the world, including China.The author charts the progress of Dubai in the 2000s and setbacks such as the Second Gulf War and 9/11, which actually proved the source of a remarkable injection of repatriated capital into the increasingly ambitious projects of the Maktoum family under the leadership of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.Perhaps, as the trading hub of the Middle East, it should be no surprise that Dubai has been able to capitalise greatly on the Third Oil Boom. And other developments such as the Burj Dubai and The World Islands p
His financial blog arabianmoney is attracting increasing attention with its focus on investment in gold and silver as a means of prospering during a time of great consumer price inflation and asset price deflation. He returned briefly to London in 1999 to complete his first book, a history of the Bovis construction group. But he stumbled across the opportunity to become a partner in ameinfo, which later became the Middle East's leading English language business news website. . Over the course of the next seven years he had a ringside seat as editor-in-chief writing about the remarkable transformation of Dubai into a global business and financial hub city. Then in 2000 he went back to Dubai to become an Internet entrepreneur, just as the dot-com market crashed. He remains a lively commentator and columnist as a freelance journalist based in Dubai and travels extensively each summer wi
Oxford University educated financial journalist Peter Cooper found himself made redundant by Emap plc in London in the mid-1990s and decided to rebuild his career in Dubai as launch editor of the pioneering magazine Gulf Business. At the same time ameinfo prospered and was sold in 2006 to Emap plc for $27 million, completing the career c