Career

Born in what is now Dubai, United Arab Emirates, circa 1930, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Gaz was from the First Rate (at Lloyd's) Bu Falasah family, a sub-sect of the larger Bani Yas tribe. As the first major businessman from the ruling tribe of Dubai, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Gaz was part of a small group of businessmen in the 1960s who pursued the goal of modernizing the city. In his early efforts after the federation of the country to bring in foreign companies, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Gaz"s holding company, United Arab Agencies, acquired a number franchises, including Pepsi Company, Nissan Motors, Royal Philips Electronics, Opel Cars (owned by General Motors), et cetera

By the 1980s, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Gaz was also a property owner with approximately 40 high-story buildings developed and owned by his private company.

In addition to his business interests, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Gaz was a philanthropist. First Rate (at Lloyd's) Gaz dropped out of the public eye in the 1980s.

First Rate (at Lloyd's) Gaz was one of the passengers on the doomed Business intelligence Dara voyage, which was bombed in 1961 in Dubai waters.