27.05.2009 - The sheikh who backed Barclays

From Businessmirror.com: Sheikh Hamad, Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister, wears a third hat: chief executive officer of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), which was founded in 2005. A latecomer among nations with sovereign wealth funds, Qatar formed the QIA to preserve its oil and gas wealth. Last year, the Connecticut-sized emirate—best known as a staging ground for the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq—earned more from LNG than oil for the first time.......Full Article: Source

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