Background
Mohammed Al Barwani was born in Oman.
Mohammed Al Barwani was born in Oman.
He has a bachelor's degree from Miami University, Ohio, US, and a master's degree in petroleum engineering from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, yet styles himself as "Dr. Mohammed Al Barwani". According to Bloomberg, Barwani has a "Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981". Al Barwani founded MB Holding in 1982 to provide oilfield services.
MB expanded into oil and gas exploration and production, and then engineering services and mining. He owns the Dutch luxury yacht builder Oceanco. He runs Musstir, a property developer with "stakes in several hotels in Oman".
As of November 2015, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$1.11 billion.
