Mirwais Azizi

Mirwais Azizi Hotak (born 1962) is a Dubai-based Afghan businessman.^{[1] [2] [3]} He is the chairman of Azizi Group of companies, which he founded in 1989 with a presence in realty, banking, investment, and hospitality.^[4] He is also the chairman of Azizi Bank,^{[5] [6]} which he established in 2006 in Kabul, Afghanistan, with 7ドル.5 million in equity capital and has since reached up to 80ドル million.^[7]

Azizi is currently building Burj Azizi,^[8] the second-tallest tower in Dubai.^[9] He was featured in the list of "Arabian Business 100 Inspiring leaders in the Middle East" in March 2018.^{[10] [11]}

He is regarded by many Afghans as Afghanistan's richest man, who handled as much as 70% of the petroleum products sold in Afghanistan, reported by Asia Sentinel .^[12]

Azizi was born in Laghman Province of Afghanistan. He graduated in Law from the University of Kabul.^[13] He left Afghanistan in 1988.^{[14] [15]}

In 2007, Mirwais Azizi established Azizi Developments.^[3] A year prior, he founded Azizi Bank, which became one of the largest commercial financial institutions in Afghanistan.^[5] He also acquired Bakhtar Bank (now Islamic Bank of Afghanistan)^[16] which is one of the fastest growing banks in Afghanistan.^[11]

Azizi Developments started selling off-plan properties in Dubai until the 2007–2008 financial crisis. The majority of buyers could not continue payments and Azizi instructed that their deposits be handed back.^[17]

In 2013, Azizi Developments resumed the construction of projects.^[18] Presently, the company has more than 200 projects under various stages of development with a current portfolio in Dubai valued over AED 45 billion.^[19] The Azizi Hotak Group, which he started with an initial investment of 80ドル million, operates in 10 countries.^[14]

He has served on the board of trustees for American University of Afghanistan, the first non-profit higher education institution in Afghanistan.^{[11] [13]}

List of companies/organizations owned by Mirwais Azizi:

• Azizi Investments^[20]
• Azizi Developments^[18]
• Azizi Bank ^[3]
• Bakhtar Bank (now as Islamic Bank of Afghanistan)
• Azizi Hospitality
• Azizi Foundation

He is married to Parigul, with whom he has 7 children, including Farhad Azizi, Fawad Azizi, and Jawad Azizi.^[13]

• Ehsan Bayat
• Mahmud Karzai

• The Report: Dubai 2016. Oxford Business Group. 17 October 2016. p. 152. ISBN 9781910068687.
• Hamid Wahed Alikuzai (11 October 2013). A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes, Volume 1. Trafford Publishing. p. 891. ISBN 9781490714479.

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