Tiger Group

Tiger Group is one of the UAE’s longest-standing real estate and contracting groups, established in 1976 and still led by the founding family under Chairman Eng. Waleed Mohammad Al Zaabi. Over five decades it has grown into a 40-company platform with 8,000 employees, active across development, contracting, manufacturing, hospitality, facilities management, education and healthcare, with operations spanning the Gulf, wider Middle East and Türkiye.

What makes Tiger different is its vertical integration. The group owns in-house factories for carpentry/furniture, aluminum & glazing, kitchens/wardrobes and marble—capabilities that tighten cost control and scheduling and support repeatable build quality at scale. Tiger’s contracting arms and development teams together have completed 270+ projects, giving the brand a long delivery track record that reduces execution risk for buyers and investors.

Recognition mirrors that scale: Forbes Middle East lists Tiger among the Top 100 Arab Family Businesses (2024), noting 40 portfolio companies and a sustained ramp-up in revenues; within the industry, Tiger Sky Tower was named High-Rise Residential Project of the Year (2025) at the UAE Realty Awards. While the core remains UAE-centric (Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi), the group continues to add pipeline and invest in systems that support multi-emirate rollout