Ali Albwardy is a businessman from

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

Biography

Business

In 1976, he founded Albwardy Investment. He serves as Chairman and Director of Pacman LLC.

Polo

He owns the Dubai Polo Country Club, which hosts the Cartier International Polo Challenge every year. He is also the patron of the

Dubai Polo Team The Dubai Polo Team is one of the most successful polo teams of all time, playing at the highest level globally. The Dubai Polo Team has bases in UK, Spain, USA, Argentina and Dubai. The Dubai Polo Team have won the British Open for the Gold Cup ...

, where his son Rashid Albwardy is one of the players.Dubai wins Queen's Cup and Cambiaso breaks record
,

Guards Polo Club The Guards Polo Club is an English polo club in Windsor, Berkshire. It was most closely associated with the British Royal Family. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was President of the club from its formation on 25 January 1955 until his death i ...

, 14 June 2010 Between 2004 and 2007 Albwardy was president of

Ham Polo Club Ham Polo Club is a Hurlingham Polo Association polo club situated in Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, south-west London, England. It is one of the oldest polo clubs in the United Kingdom and the last surviving club in Lond ...

in Richmond, London. The private grounds of

, owned by Albwardy, are still used for Ham's Dubai Trophy competition and the

Roehampton Trophy The Roehampton trophy is the oldest polo trophy in the United Kingdom. The trophy was first played for at the Roehampton Club in 1902 and was won by Buccaneers. Today it is played for at the Ham Polo Club, the tournament is played for at an 6-go ...

. Albawardy's team were champions in the Dubai trophy which he presented in 2006 naming it after the Dubai Desert Palm Polo Club. Albwardy continues to play polo regularly though less frequently in competition in the UK as his son Rashid patrons the team. In December 2016, Albwardy played with the Argentinian prodigy Julio Otaegui Houston at La Dolfina Polo Club.

References

Living people Businesspeople from Dubai Polo players Year of birth missing (living people) {{UnitedArabEmirates-sport-bio-stub