Abdulla Ahmed Nass

Abdulla Ahmed Nass is the founder of The Nass Group (previously known as A.A.Nass), a private business and holding company; and, current chairman of Nass Corporation B.S.C., a Bahraini Public Joint Stock company whose primary business is construction. Abdulla Nass founded The Nass Group in 1963 and has taken strides to develop the company’s corporate culture. Nass currently resides in Bahrain and has six sons who are also directors with Nass Corporation B.S.C. and six daughters.

Nass has spent his life in construction since he was 15 years old. Nass initially started his career in Saudi Arabia and returned to Bahrain in 1963 to start The Nass Group. Since that time, he has developed many businesses within The Nass Group including Nass Corporation B.S.C. in 2005. Nass is recognized as an industry leader in the construction field and considered by many to be one of the most successful businessesmen in Bahrain.

Early life
Abdulla Ahmed Nass was born in 1936 in Muharraq, Bahrain and is the eldest of four sons. Nass obtained his education at Al Hidaya School in Bahrain. At age 12 he moved on to the Technical School of Manama which was the first technical school in Bahrain. During the time he attended school, Nass worked at a local garage where he spent his afternoons learning about engines and mechanical items.

At the age of 15, Nass moved to Saudi Arabia and worked as an assistant to a construction company in Jubail. During his time there, he learned everything he could about business and construction while translating construction bid documents from English into Arabic. At the age of 21, he was offered a partnership in the construction company that he worked for in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. He continued to work in Saudi Arabia for approximately 10 years until he came back to Bahrain in 1963 and founded The Nass Group.

Family
Abdulla Ahmed Nass is the eldest son of Ahmed Nass who was an advocate by profession. Abdulla Nass currently has six sons and six daughters who all maintain various high ranking positions within his company.

Business in the 1970s
Abdulla Ahmed Nass originally founded A.A. Nass Company in 1963. During the 1970s, the enterprises expanded with many different companies including Artland Interior (specializing in interior designing). Throughout the 1970s and 80s, Nass built his reputation outside of Bahrain

Business in 2000
After the turn of the century, Nass expanded The Nass Group to include numerous different companies. These include Nass Corporation B.S.C., Gulf City Cleaning Company, and Nass Tech. His business extends beyond Bahrain to the wider Middle East region.

Nass expanded The Nass Group to include Applied Science University of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The university earned its license and accreditation from the Cabinet on July 5, 2004. At that time it became the first private university in Bahrain, and is authorized to teach in both English and Arabic.

Nass Corporation B.S.C.
Nass Corporation B.S.C. is a Bahraini Public Joint Stock company established and listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange in the year 2005, with a paid-up capital of BHD 50 million.