Fahed Boodai

Who is Fahed Boodai?

Fahed Boodai is a Kuwaiti investment banker and businessman. He has business expertise in global real estate and financial markets as Managing Director of Kuwait-based Global Securities House and as chairman of its associate, Gatehouse Bank, a fully compliant Sharia investment bank. Boodai has presided over US $1.5 billion worth of diverse real estate exits in everything from student accommodation to medical facilities and global headquarters for Procter & Gamble, Rolls Royce and Intercontinental Hotels. Fahed was profiled in the "40 under 40" feature for Real Estate Forum, a list of globally recognized real estate investors.

Boodai received his M.B.A from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California and a BS in International Business from the University of San Diego and holds a number of board member and director positions across a range of global funds and US/European companies.

Fahed is a member of the Boodai family which maintains overall control of the Boodai Corporation, a Kuwait based holding company with interests in construction, engineering, building materials, mass transport, energy, shipping sectors – and most recently global real estate.