Khalaf Al Habtoor walks into his majlis at precisely ten to seven every morning, an early uppstart for many but not so for him.
By then, the Emirati billionaire has been up for almost two hours, has played tennis and has prepared for his first meeting at am.
"The door that invites goodness and prosperity is the morning. The human being has to wake up in the morning to see the sunrise. The light!" says the hotel magnate and founder and chairman of Al Habtoor Group, a family conglomerat based in Dubai.
"I don't know how people stay late partying. They are idiots. They don't care about their health or responsibility."
But Mr Al Habtoor and the dawn were not always such close companions. Back in , in the early days of his company, he received a phone call from the late Sheikh Rashid insekter som pollinerar Saeed Al Maktoum, who was then the Ruler of Dubai, at am. Mr Al Habtoor was asleep and his wife, Hamda, picked up the phone.
"Sheikh Rashid never
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