{"id":13692,"date":"2025-03-03T11:55:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T11:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=13692"},"modified":"2025-03-03T12:07:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T12:07:47","slug":"tahnoon-bin-zayed-the-spy-sheikh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/03\/tahnoon-bin-zayed-the-spy-sheikh\/","title":{"rendered":"Tahnoon bin Zayed: The Spy Sheikh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watan<\/strong><\/em>-An American newspaper highlighted UAE National Security Advisor Tahnoun bin Zayed, nicknamed the “Sheikh Spy,” and how he uses his vast wealth to serve his diverse passions, which over the years have ranged from martial arts to chess and video games.<\/p>\n

According to the newspaper, Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan is now applying the same approach but on a much larger scale. He seeks to propel his small emirate to the forefront of the race to develop and control artificial intelligence (AI) systems\u2014technologies that could reshape the global economy.<\/p>\n

The world is watching closely. In recent months, the CEOs of Apple, Microsoft, and BlackRock have visited his lavish royal compound in the Arabian Gulf.<\/p>\n

Tahnoun bin Zayed: The Billionaire Power Broker Behind AI\u2019s Future<\/h3>\n

Tahnoun<\/a> trained with Mark Zuckerberg, who also shares a passion for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, during a fall trip to the U.S. He also wore a sweater and jeans during his visit to Elon Musk at Tesla’s factory in Texas.<\/p>\n

All of this is possible, in part, because the 56-year-old Tahnoun controls more wealth than almost anyone on the planet. He heads two Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth funds with assets estimated at around $1.4 trillion, alongside managing his vast personal fortune.<\/p>\n

Tahnoun leads a new AI fund called MGX, which is set to receive more than $50 billion from his wealth and other sources in Abu Dhabi, according to sources familiar with the fund. Additional billions will also be spent on AI through G42, a company he controls.<\/p>\n

Tahnoun\u2019s entities are part of more than $70 billion that the UAE pledged to invest in France and Italy earlier this month.<\/p>\n

MGX was one of the few names mentioned in support of the $100 billion \u201cStargate\u201d data center project announced at the White House last month, led by SoftBank and OpenAI. It has also made significant investments in OpenAI, Musk\u2019s xAI project, and the Amazon-backed AI company Anthropic.<\/p>\n

Tahnoun stands out in the world of AI mega-investments. While many investors focus tens of billions on specific areas\u2014SoftBank betting heavily on OpenAI, and tech giants investing in data centers\u2014Tahnoun is spreading his investments across the emerging sector more than anyone else.<\/p>\n

However, now is a risky time to pour massive funds into AI. The low-cost AI model launched by China\u2019s DeepSeek has challenged assumptions about the need for enormous investments.<\/p>\n

Tech valuations have skyrocketed, with even the most optimistic investors acknowledging a frenzy in the market.<\/p>\n

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Tahnoun bin Zayed: The Billionaire Power Broker Behind AI\u2019s Future<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tahnoun\u2019s AI Gamble: Shaping the UAE\u2019s Tech Future<\/h3>\n

Major AI companies are expected to lose billions for years to come, with future profitability hinging on uncertain assumptions about a global demand surge.<\/p>\n

Many see parallels with the late-stage dot-com bubble when investors poured tens of billions into fiber-optic networks, expecting internet growth to be faster than it was. This led to an oversupply of fiber and massive losses.<\/p>\n

But this hasn\u2019t deterred Tahnoun. His strategy is to use his wealth and influence to ensure that the UAE and Abu Dhabi financially benefit from AI\u2019s rise, making the UAE a global tech hub.<\/p>\n

His vision is that chip factories, data centers, and local AI companies will help build a post-oil economy for his small but powerful emirate\u2014just a 90-minute drive from Dubai\u2014and for the country as a whole, anticipating massive global demand in the years ahead.<\/p>\n

From his opulent Abu Dhabi palace, Tahnoun personally monitors global AI model developments via a dashboard designed for him by his researchers on his phone and computer. He also pushes his employees across his vast corporate network to integrate AI rapidly.<\/p>\n

Brad Smith, Microsoft\u2019s president, who has worked closely with the sheikh since 2023, says: \u201cTahnoun has the capital to invest in a project that requires massive capital expenditures.\u201d<\/p>\n

During one of his meetings with Tahnoun, Smith and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella mentioned a book by Jeffrey Ding, a professor at George Washington University, which argues that AI could be the foundation of the next wave of global economic growth.<\/p>\n

Tahnoun wrote the book\u2019s title in his notebook. Shortly after, Ding was having lunch in his Washington, D.C., office when a representative from the UAE embassy knocked on his door, saying, \u201cI can\u2019t find your book anywhere. Can I get two copies?\u201d according to Smith.<\/p>\n

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Tahnoun bin Zayed controls over $1.4 trillion in assets and is reshaping the future of AI through massive investments in MGX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Trillion-Dollar Consolation Prize<\/h3>\n

Tahnoun grew up in the shadow of his older brother, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who was Crown Prince for a long time before becoming the UAE President in 2022.<\/p>\n

While his brother built relationships with foreign leaders and planned Abu Dhabi\u2019s economic transformation, Tahnoun honed his skills in various pursuits.<\/p>\n

He was obsessed with the video game Age of Empires, where players evolve from primitive societies into powerful civilizations, to the point that he hired an employee from the game\u2019s development company to train him in tactics, according to former staffers.<\/p>\n

Tahnoun turned one of the palaces in his royal compound into a gym, funds one of the world\u2019s top cycling teams\u2014the UAE Team Emirates\u2014and cycles on a private island near the presidential palace, which he equipped with dedicated tracks. He loved ultra-light Colnago bicycles so much that he had one of his companies acquire the manufacturer.<\/p>\n

The sheikh has poured money into promoting Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and other forms of wrestling worldwide. He holds a black belt and founded a well-funded championship that filmmaker Bobby Razak, who is making a documentary about Tahnoun and the tournament, described as \u201cbecoming the Olympics of our sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

Razak said: \u201cHe is definitely one of the founding fathers of mixed martial arts,\u201d adding that the sport \u201cwouldn\u2019t be where it is today without Tahnoun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tahnoun\u2019s interest in AI dates back to the early 2000s when he was so fascinated by computer-enhanced chess that he hired a large team of engineers to develop a program called \u201cHydra\u201d to compete with the world\u2019s best players.<\/p>\n

Erdogan Gunes, a specialist in chess opening theory, said he used to speak with the sheikh for two or more hours daily to review Hydra\u2019s matches.<\/p>\n

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Tahnoun\u2019s AI Awakening: From Chess Engines to Global Influence<\/h3>\n

Tahnoun\u2019s fascination deepened in late 2017 when he learned that Google\u2019s AI program, AlphaZero, had defeated the world\u2019s best chess engine after just four hours of learning the rules. The program far outperformed Hydra, opening his eyes to AI\u2019s possibilities, according to those close to him.<\/p>\n

The following year, he tasked Peng Xiao, a former CTO at MicroStrategy, with founding G42, an AI applications company.<\/p>\n

At the time, Abu Dhabi\u2019s investment and wealth strategy was controlled by Tahnoun\u2019s brother, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed. As the country\u2019s de facto ruler, Mohammed pushed to shift part of the emirate\u2019s oil wealth into investment and economic development, leading to the creation of a sovereign wealth fund that later came under Tahnoun\u2019s control.<\/p>\n

Mohammed saw technology as a key pillar of his plans and launched a national strategy in 2017 to make the UAE \u201cthe world leader in AI by 2031\u201d (later revised to \u201cone of the leaders\u201d).<\/p>\n

When Mohammed became UAE President, there was speculation that Tahnoun would be named Crown Prince. Instead, Mohammed gave the title to his son and appointed Tahnoun as head of two sovereign wealth funds, making him Abu Dhabi\u2019s top financial decision-maker.<\/p>\n

By last year, Tahnoun was managing assets exceeding $1.5 trillion, according to Global SWF, alongside his vast business empire, which spans real estate, shipping, banking, and food.<\/p>\n

Western business leaders have been captivated by the Emirati sheikh.<\/p>\n

Tahnoun\u2019s ambitions in AI, however, have faced complex geopolitical hurdles, particularly regarding his ties with China and U.S. security concerns.<\/p>\n

To secure U.S. AI technology, Washington officials told him in 2023 that he had to choose between China and the U.S. if he wanted access to American AI. He chose the U.S., removing Huawei equipment from G42\u2019s offices and replacing it with Western hardware.<\/p>\n

Despite challenges, Tahnoun continues to shape AI investments, leveraging his wealth and influence to position Abu Dhabi as a major player in the global AI race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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