50 Visionary Women: Samia Bouazza, Group CEO and Managing Director, Multiply Group

Bouazza leads the strategic development of the company, its growing investment portfolio of high-return businesses and maintaining the overall sustainable growth of the group’s subsidiaries.

Image credit: Multiply Group

You're reading Entrepreneur Middle East, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media.

This article is a part of Entrepreneur Middle East’s Special Edition: 50 Visionary Women

Samia Bouazza is a business leader with a solid track record for driving growth. As the Group CEO and Managing Director of Multiply Group, she leads the strategic development of the company, its growing investment portfolio of high-return businesses and maintaining the overall sustainable growth of the group’s subsidiaries.

Bouazza also serves as a Board Member to several companies and associations like TAQA, Arena Events Group, and Emirates Driving Company. Bouazza is the founder of the original entity established in 2003, that transformed into Multiply Group in 2021, and the first woman to take a company public on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange. She holds a BA in Political Science and Public Administration from the American University of Beirut and has completed executive education certificates in Strategic Intelligence and Digital Disruption from Harvard Business School and the University of Cambridge respectively. Bouazza is also part of the YPO community and a keystone member of Friends of Abu Dhabi Art.

This article is a part of Entrepreneur Middle East’s Special Edition: 50 Visionary Women

Samia Bouazza is a business leader with a solid track record for driving growth. As the Group CEO and Managing Director of Multiply Group, she leads the strategic development of the company, its growing investment portfolio of high-return businesses and maintaining the overall sustainable growth of the group’s subsidiaries.

Bouazza also serves as a Board Member to several companies and associations like TAQA, Arena Events Group, and Emirates Driving Company. Bouazza is the founder of the original entity established in 2003, that transformed into Multiply Group in 2021, and the first woman to take a company public on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange. She holds a BA in Political Science and Public Administration from the American University of Beirut and has completed executive education certificates in Strategic Intelligence and Digital Disruption from Harvard Business School and the University of Cambridge respectively. Bouazza is also part of the YPO community and a keystone member of Friends of Abu Dhabi Art.

Related Content

Leadership

AlDhabi AlMheiri Secures Top Youth Honor at Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Environmental Award

AlDhabi AlMheiri secured first place in the Youth Environmental Advocates category at the second edition of the Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Environmental Award, presented during an official ceremony held on February 3, 2026, at Qasr Al Nakheel in Abu Dhabi. The award ceremony was hosted by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative […]
Leadership

Power, Legacy, Statehood: InterContinental Abu Dhabi and InterContinental Residences Abu Dhabi

Sayed Tayoun, Cluster General Managerof InterContinental Abu Dhabi and InterContinental Residences Abu Dhabi, on leading one of Abu Dhabi’s most historically powerful properties. Sayed Tayoun, Cluster General Manager of InterContinental Abu Dhabi and InterConti- nental Residences Abu Dhabi, is unfazed by the rapid expansion of Abu Dhabi’s hospitality market. With Abu Dhabi Tourism Strategy 2030 […]