Sheikh Ahmed is a son of the founder of the seven-member UAE federation, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahayan, and worked as a European equities analyst at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), for six years before becoming its boss. ADIA is among the world's top state-run investors, funneling funds from the emirate's oil exports into stocks and bonds overseas from its headquarters in a skyscraper on the island city's shoreline. __