Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al Nahyan

Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates' National Security Advisor, a position he has held since 2016. He is the younger brother of UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and oversees a vast portfolio of sovereign wealth and state-backed enterprises, chairing the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, the AI and cloud computing group G42, the investment holding company ADQ, and International Holding Company. He and his co-investors own a 49 percent stake in the holding company for World Liberty Financial, a Trump family-backed cryptocurrency and planned banking venture. He is best known as the UAE's intelligence chief who wields control over an estimated $1.5 trillion in state-linked assets while driving the country's ambitions in artificial intelligence and advanced technology.