Yuvraj Narayan
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DP World
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About
DP World is a Dubai government-owned ports and logistics group formed in 2005 by the merger of Dubai Ports Authority and Dubai Ports International. It reported 2025 revenue of $24.4 billion, adjusted EBITDA of $6.4 billion and 93.4 million TEU of gross container throughput. In February 2026 its chairman and group CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem resigned; Essa Kazim became chairman and Yuvraj Narayan group CEO.
Key figures
$24.4 billionRevenueFY2025, DP World results▲ +22.0%
$6.4 billionAdjusted EBITDAFY2025▲ +18.0%, margin 26.3%
$1,960 millionProfit for the yearFY2025▲ +32.2%
$6.3 billionOperating cash flowFY2025▲ +14%
93.4 million TEUGross container throughputFY2025▲ +5.8%
$12.7 billionRevenueH1 2026, DP World release▲ +13.1%
$2.86 billionAdjusted EBITDAH1 2026▼ -5.6%
42.8 million TEUGross container throughputH1 2026▼ -5.7%
3.1 million TEUJebel Ali throughputH1 2026▼ -59.5%
$1.5 billionCapital expenditureH1 2026about $3 billion expected for 2026
Scope of operations
- Ports and terminals, with about 70 million containers handled a year, roughly 10% of global container traffic (Wikipedia)
- Logistics, marine services and free zones
- 101,440 employees in 2025 (Wikipedia infobox)
- Home port Jebel Ali in Dubai, with a Fujairah east-coast terminal agreement in principle announced in July 2026
Founders and key people
- Essa Kazim
- Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem
Timeline
- 1999Dubai Ports International is founded; its first project is in Jeddah (Wikipedia)
- 2005Dubai Ports Authority and DPI merge in September to form DP World (Wikipedia)
- 2006Buys P&O for 3.9 billion pounds in March (Wikipedia)
- 2007Raises $3.25 billion in bonds in June; the November NASDAQ Dubai IPO sells 20% and raises $4.96 billion, then the region's largest (Wikipedia)
- 2009Moody's cuts it to junk in December after the Dubai debt standstill; investment grade is restored in April 2011 (Wikipedia)
- 2019Repurchases P&O Ferries from Dubai World for 322 million pounds in February (Wikipedia)
- 2024Announces a 1 billion pound London Gateway expansion in October (Wikipedia)
- 2025Announces plans to invest $2.5 billion across India, Africa, South America and Europe in May (Wikipedia)
- 202613 February: chairman and group CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem resigns with immediate effect; Essa Kazim is appointed chairman and Yuvraj Narayan group CEO (DP World announcement)
- 2026July: agreement in principle with the Fujairah Ports Authority for two terminals on a 50-year concession (World Cargo News)
- 202613 August: H1 results show revenue up 13.1% but Jebel Ali volume down 59.5% (DP World release; World Cargo News)
Leadership team
Essa Kazim
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Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem
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Current job openings
Global Manager – Automation RTG
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Global Director – Smart Terminal Automation
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