Investcorp's Mohammed Alardhi on the road to $100bn

Mohammed Alardhi joined the Royal Air Force of Oman as a cadet in 1978, trained as a fighter pilot at RAF Cranwell and rose to command the entire Omani Air Force with the rank of Air Vice Marshal, before leaving for Harvard. He is now executive chairman of Investcorp. The alternative asset manager founded in 1982 made its name buying and selling Tiffany and Gucci, and has since grown from $10 billion to $63 billion in assets under management under his leadership. In this episode of The Inside Brief, Manus Cranny sits down with Mr Alardhi at Investcorp's headquarters in London's Mayfair to discuss how the firm has navigated months of regional conflict without a material impact on capital flows and where the next alpha lies as Investcorp targets $100 billion in assets under management. 01:15 Investcorp's global growth strategy 05:18 Investing through uncertainty in the Gulf 08:31 Infrastructure, AI and the next investment wave 14:40 Is there an AI bubble? 16:00 Why Investcorp is still investing in the UK 21:12 From fighter pilot to chairman 27:02 Harvard, America and patient investing 38:43 Leadership, trust and switching off All the latest news: https://www.thenationalnews.com Like us on Facebook:   / thenationalnews   Follow us on X:   / thenationalnews   Follow us on Instagram:   / thenationalnews.com   Follow us on LinkedIn:   / thenationalnews