Mansour (Sheikh Mansour) Ai Nahyan
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, often referred to as Sheikh Mansour, is an Emirati royal and politician who is the current vice president and deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, as well as the minister of presidential court and member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi. He is the brother of the current president of the UAE, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and is married to Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai. A billionaire, through City Football Group he holds stakes in a variety of football clubs, including Manchester City FC.
Mansour is involved in various government-run companies in the UAE. He is chairman of the Ministerial Development Council, the Emirates Investment Authority, and the Emirates Racing Authority. He sits on the Supreme Petroleum Council and the Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs. Mansour is a member of the boards of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). He is chairman of Mubadala Investment Company, the Emirati state-owned sovereign wealth fund. He is chairman of the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates.
Mansour is also the owner of the Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG), an investment company for the Abu Dhabi royal family, that acquired Manchester City Football Club in September 2008. He immediately handed all responsibility and ownership to Khaldoon Al Mubarak and the City Football Group which has overseen a significant transformation at the club since then. The club has won seven top-flight league titles, winning its first title in 44 years and its first Premier League title in 2012. On 21 May 2013, Major League Soccer of the United States announced that its second New York City club, to be called New York City FC, would begin play in the 2015 season and be majority-owned by Mansour in association with brothers Hal and Hank Steinbrenner.
