NHC's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al Batti, has been named one of Forbes magazine's 100 Most Powerful CEOs in the Middle East for 2025, making him the first Saudi CEO of a real estate development company to be included in the list. The selection reflects his transformational role in positioning the company as the region's largest real estate developer, with a business model that emphasizes innovation, thoughtful expansion, and enhancing the national impact of the Kingdom's urban development sector.
Since taking the helm, Al Batti has propelled NHC into a new phase of growth, reshaping the housing and urban development landscape through 25 integrated urban destinations that offer a more competitive lifestyle and adopt large-scale development models in 17 cities across the Kingdom. These transformations have set the company on an upward trajectory, with ambitious targets to deliver 300,000 units by 2025 and 600,000 units by 2030, contributing to raising the ownership rate to 70%, strengthening its presence in the fastest growing market in the region.
Last week, NHC established its leadership presence at Cityscape Global 2025 by launching a range of quality projects in its urban destinations and signing strategic agreements with local and international partners to support the company's future expansion. During the exhibition period, the company recorded an exceptional volume of residential and investment transactions, a clear indication of the strength of demand and investor confidence in the company's projects and directions.
This momentum is consistent with the exceptional performance achieved by NHC over the past two years, as its sales in 2024 amounted to about 26.7 billion riyals, accounting for 62% of off-plan sales and 30% of real estate financing, confirming its leading position in the sector. In 2025, the company continued its pace of growth by pumping 134,000 housing units and launching six major projects with a total investment of more than 37 billion riyals.
NHC also strengthened its role in developing community infrastructure through agreements with Tatweer Education Holding Company to implement 166 schools, in addition to sustainability initiatives that included planting more than 800,000 trees as part of the "Green Saudi" project. In terms of empowering national talent, the Wa'ed program continued to grow with 150 graduates and 500 new trainees in 2025, which was reflected in the company receiving the National Award for Volunteerism 2024 and the Social Responsibility Award in the housing sector.
The company's expected economic contribution to the non-oil GDP in 2025 is estimated at 53 billion riyals, in addition to enabling more than 381,000 direct and indirect jobs across the Kingdom. The company also continued its efforts to create economic and professional opportunities that contribute to the development of national competencies. The company strengthened its international presence through partnerships and foreign investments exceeding SAR 40 billion with leading international companies, reflecting the attractiveness of the Saudi market and the reliability of NHC's development models.
On the digital transformation side, Al-Batti led the achievements of the company's technology arm, NHC Innovation, which manages 13 digital platforms serving more than 35 million users, emphasizing that artificial intelligence has become part of city planning, community management, and customer experience. New partnerships have also been forged to collaborate in the fields of AI and data centers, contributing to the development of smarter and more relevant technologies for human life.
Forbes noted that its annual list highlights leaders who are shaping the future of the region with transformative visions that intersect with priorities for growth and economic diversification. Mr. Al Batti's selection underscores his role as one of the most prominent leaders capable of combining commercial expansion with national impact and establishing a development model that leads the Kingdom's urban development landscape, in line with the Kingdom's Vision 2030.
Al Batti is an example of a transformational leader who has contributed significantly to the development of the Kingdom's housing sector, transforming it into a leading sector. He continues his efforts at NHC to build integrated urban destinations that meet everyone's aspirations and enhance the quality of life, confirming NHC's position as the largest real estate developer in the region, through development models that are not limited to construction, but express a national transformation that is built on the ground.
Al Batti is an example of a transformational leader who has contributed significantly to the development of the housing sector in the Kingdom, transforming it into a leading sector.
