“Mubadala” contributes 45 billion dirhams to Abu Dhabi’s GDP… and supports 98,000 job opportunities in 2025

During 2025, Mubadala continued its efforts to strengthen the national economic system, provide quality job opportunities to support national cadres, attract global capital, and accelerate the growth of strategic sectors that support the competitiveness of the national economy in the long term.

The investment sector in the UAE has strengthened its pioneering role in advancing economic diversification and achieving the desired value at the national level.

Mubadala contributed 45 billion dirhams to the gross domestic product, equivalent to 5.7% of the non-oil gross domestic product of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, while supporting about 98,000 quality job opportunities in Abu Dhabi directly and indirectly, an increase of 51% since 2021, which consolidates Mubadala’s role and efforts in empowering and developing national cadres.

Aldar and Mubadala Capital launched Aldar Capital, an investment platform that connects global investors with physical asset opportunities in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

Aldar Capital is headquartered in Abu Dhabi Global, and provides global institutional investors with investment opportunities in physical assets that are managed with high professionalism, with its first fund targeting to raise one billion US dollars (3.7 billion dirhams) during the year 2026.

Mubadala Bio, a leading national company in the life sciences sector, was launched, aiming to consolidate the UAE’s capabilities in the biopharmaceutical sector on a large scale through 10 global facilities.

During 2025, the company began local production of eight essential medicines, which contributed to improving access to critical biotherapies, enhancing national drug security, and developing a sustainable life sciences system in the UAE.

Emirates Global Aluminum Company also continues its progress in developing an aluminum smelter in the United States, the first of its kind in decades, in addition to developing advanced smelting technologies, in addition to announcing a huge project to expand the financial center on Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi, with a value exceeding 60 billion dirhams, in partnership with Aldar, which confirms Abu Dhabi’s status as the “capital capital.”

The company was launchedM42“An advanced program, in cooperation with Oracle Health, to create unified, easy-to-access health records for patients across the country, while integrating data from the UAE Genome Program into electronic health records to support drug recommendations based on genetic information.

Masdar Company announced the laying of the foundation stone for the largest renewable energy project in the world. It combines solar energy and battery storage, with a production capacity of 1 gigawatt of renewable energy around the clock, in partnership with the Emirates Water and Electricity Company.