Forbes names KPC CEO as Kuwait’s top chief executive

05/08/2026

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 5: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation’s (KPC) Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Nasser Al-Sabah was named by Forbes on Wednesday as the country’s top chief executive, according to the magazine’s annual list of the Middle East and North Africa region’s most influential CEOs. The KPC CEO was also named the fourth top chief executive in the Middle East and North Africa region, the state-owned oil firm said in a press release, citing the Forbes list. The 2026 list included 102 business leaders from 21 countries in the region’s most influential firms. (KUNA)