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Majid Hamid Jafar (Arabic version مجيد حميد جعفر ), born in 1976, is a United Arab Emirates (UAE) businessman of Iraqi origin. He is the CEO of Crescent Petroleum, the Middle East's oldest private oil and gas company, headquartered in the UAE and with offices in the UK and internationally. He is also Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Crescent Group of Companies,〔 his family's business group, which includes interests in the energy, transportation, logistics, private equity and real estate sectors, and the Managing Director of the Board of Dana Gas (PJSC), the first regional, private sector integrated natural gas company in the Middle East, in which Crescent Petroleum is the largest shareholder. He has been named one of the world's 50 most influential Arabs by ''Middle East Magazine''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.themiddleeastmagazine.com/news-detail.php?nid=480 )〕 Crescent Petroleum began its activities in the early 1970s and was the first regional, independent, privately owned Middle Eastern petroleum company to engage in the acquisition, exploration and development of petroleum concessions; and the production and sale of crude oil, petroleum products and natural gas. Together, Crescent Petroleum and Dana Gas have invested over $1bn in the oil and gas sector in Iraq's Kurdistan region, producing over 340 million cubic feet of gas and 15,000 barrels of condensate per day, enabling almost continuous electricity in the main cities in Iraq's Kurdistan region. Jafar is seen as a leading expert on Middle East oil and gas exploration and production,〔Jafar, Majid. ("leading expert on Middle East oil and gas exploration and production" ), ''Reuters'', London, 3 November 2008. Retrieved on 3 November 2008.〕 including the challenges facing production growth in Iraq〔("Energy Resources" ), ''UPI'', UAE, May 2008. Retrieved on May 2008.〕 and has been named as one of the 25 most powerful people in the Middle East oil and gas sector. He has also been a commentator on the oil and gas sector 〔("Energy resources" ), ''Gulf Online'', UAE, May 2011. Retrieved on May 2011.〕 and energy policy in the Gulf region 〔("Gas Vital to Middle East Economies" ), ''Gulf News'', UAE, July 2011. Retrieved on July 2011.〕 and has written on the economic challenges in the Arab World,〔("GCC investment can lead post revolution states to stability" ), "The National", UAE, Sept 2011. Retrieved on December 2011.〕〔("Egypt's economy is crippled by unrest but GCC states could offer vital help" ), "The National", UAE, Feb 2012. Retrieved on 21 February 2012.〕 the development of the UAE 〔("Principles of a nation offered an advantage from the start" ), "The National", UAE, Dec 2011. Retrieved on December 2011〕 and the geopolitics of oil and gas in the Caspian Region.〔(GCC "economic challenges in the Arab World" ), ''RoutledgeCurzon'', London 2006. Retrieved on 2006〕 In 2013 Jafar was elected Vice-Chairman of the Global Energy Initiative, the international NGO headquartered at UN Plaza in New York that is focused on sustainable development through tackling climate change and energy poverty across the world. He was listed among the top 100 business leaders from the Middle East and as Energy CEO of 2013 by Amwal. Previous to joining Crescent Petroleum and the Crescent Group of companies in 2004, Jafar spent several years working at Shell with Shell International’s Exploration & Production and Gas & Power Divisions in London. Majid Jafar is actively involved in promoting the social and economic development of the Arab world and is seen as a thought leader in this respect. An advocate of tackling youth unemployment through investment in the region, Jafar is the Vice-Chairman of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Youth Unemployment and the founder of the “Arab Stabilization Plan”, which focuses on job creation through critical infrastructure investments to achieve economic stability and prevent instability. Jafar is a regular commentator〔 and has written a number of articles on social and economic issues affecting the Arab world, including in the Financial Times and the Daily Telegraph, and has called for a ‘Marshall Plan’ for the Arab World when speaking at the Davos Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum.He was named “Visionary of the Year” of the Year at the CEO Middle East Awards for his work to tackle youth unemployment in the region. In 2014, he was listed among the world's 100 most powerful Arabs and amongst the leading "Thinkers" by Arabian Business. Again, in June of 2015, he was listed as one of "The 100 Most Powerful Arabs Under 40 - Business and Industry" by Arabian Business.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/photos/inpics--100-most-powerful-arabs-under-40-business-industry-589718.html?img=6 )〕 In March 2014 Jafar co-launched the Centre for Economic Growth (CEG) in Abu Dhabi in partnership with the INSEAD international business school as a unique collaboration between the private sector and a business school to provide research and publications on the key economic issues for the Middle East, including enhancing economic growth and job creation. He serves as the Founding Chair of the CEG Business Council. Jafar has also been named co-Chair of the Business Backs Education campaign launched by former U.S. President Bill Clinton with the GEMS Foundation at the annual Global Education and Skills Forum to encourage greater commitments by the private sector to education worldwide, with five regional summits planned across the world including one in October 2014, hosted by Mayor of London Boris Johnson. ==Personal life== Majid Jafar attended Eton College and graduated from Cambridge University (Churchill College) with Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Engineering (Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics). He also holds an MA (with Distinction) in International Studies and Diplomacy from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and an MBA (with Distinction) from Harvard Business School, where he served as president of the Energy Club, Section Senator, and representative to the Harvard Graduate Council.〔("Business Profile" ), ''Bloomberg Business'', USA October 2011. Retrieved on October 2011.〕 Majid Jafar is the eldest son of Hamid Jafar, founder of Crescent Petroleum and Chairman of the Crescent Group, and is a grandson of Dhia Jafar, a prominent politician and Cabinet Minister in the last decade of Iraq’s monarchy〔("Independent Iraq" ), ''I.B.Tauris'', UK 1996. Retrieved in 1996.〕 during the reign of King Faisal II until 1958. He is the eldest brother of Badr Jafar, a business executive and social entrepreneur based in the United Arab Emirates, and the nephew of nuclear physicist Jafar Dhia Jafar, widely known as the father of the Iraqi Nuclear Program. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Majid Jafar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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