Mohammed Al Mubarak likes to tell a story about a helicopter ride he took just over ten years ago, when he was in his mid-20s. The destination was Yas Island and his fellow passenger for the brief flight was the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.
“We flew low over the island and he asked me: ‘Mohammed, what do you see?’” Al Mubarak recalls. “At that time, the island had a couple of ostriches, a rest house, plenty of sand, plus blue oceans and mangroves on either side. Read Interview.