RAZA JAFAR

ADVISOR

Raza Jafar is an entrepreneur and a philanthropist and has led the development of numerous successful
ventures and projects.
His previous business ventures include banking and aviation while his current ventures see him solely
focused on real estate development and hospitality management. His ability to convert vision to reality
is what saw the creation of Palazzo Versace in Dubai which Raza has long since been the Chairman.
Under his guidance, the hotel has received many accolades such as the World Luxury Hotel Awards
2016, Middle East Hotel Awards ‘Best New Hotel 2016, and Preferred Hotels and Resorts 2016 Awards Of
Excellence, amongst other awards that include hospitality and F&B. The Palazzo Versace Hotel is now
embedded in Dubai as one of Dubai’s leading luxury hotels.
His other projects include development of Emirates Financial Towers, which is featured in the Guinness
Book of World Records for having the world’s largest robotic parking facility; The D1 Tower, a high rise
premium residential tower ranked in the top ten most impressive architectural in the world by the
Emporis Skyscraper Award and the Capital Club, a private members-only business club, awarded by CNN
and with existence in Dubai, Bahrain and Nairobi.
Raza has been a philanthropist since a very young age. He is focused on sustainable economic
development as identified in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Goal 8, which
includes Ending Modern Day Slavery; Decoupling the Economic Development from Environmental
Degradation (Triple Bottom Line); Protect Labour Rights, Secure Working and Living Environment for All
Workers Men, Woman and Migrant Workers; Substantially Reduce Youth Unemployment by Job Creation
and Education for Employment.