MIDDLE EAST 2027 SPEAKER
Umar Bin Farooq, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, One Broker Group
Speaker at: Middle East 2027
Bio:
Umar Bin Farooq is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of One Broker Group (OBG), the company that pioneered the Master Agency model in the UAE. Under his leadership, OBG has become one of the country’s fastest-growing real estate master agencies, leading the market in project onboarding, expansion, and talent growth.Founded in 2016, OBG has grown under Umar’s leadership into a multi-disciplinary group of companies with a track record of over AED 18 billion in sales and a reputation built on trust, performance, and innovation. A serial entrepreneur and strategic thinker, Umar is widely credited as the architect of the Master Agency Model a transformative approach to real estate distribution that redefined the relationship between developers and brokerages in the UAE.By positioning OBG as a strategic master agency partner rather than a transactional intermediary, Umar pioneered a model that delivers higher-quality buyer pipelines, deeper market intelligence, and more sustainable revenue outcomes. Under his stewardship, OBG has forged strategic alliances with some of the UAE’s most prominent developers and expanded its reach to serve a growing base of local and international investors. Umar is a sought-after speaker featured in leading regional and international media, including Property Time Magazine.
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Umar Bin Farooq is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of One Broker Group (OBG), the company that pioneered the Master Agency model in the UAE. Under his leadership, OBG has become one of the country’s fastest-growing real estate master agencies, leading the market in project onboarding, expansion, and talent growth.Founded in 2016, OBG has grown under Umar’s leadership into a multi-disciplinary group of companies with a track record of over AED 18 billion in sales and a reputation built on trust, performance, and innovation. A serial entrepreneur and strategic thinker, Umar is widely credited as the architect of the Master Agency Model a transformative approach to real estate distribution that redefined the relationship between developers and brokerages in the UAE.By positioning OBG as a strategic master agency partner rather than a transactional intermediary, Umar pioneered a model that delivers higher-quality buyer pipelines, deeper market intelligence, and more sustainable revenue outcomes. Under his stewardship, OBG has forged strategic alliances with some of the UAE’s most prominent developers and expanded its reach to serve a growing base of local and international investors. Umar is a sought-after speaker featured in leading regional and international media, including Property Time Magazine.
Bio:
One Broker Group is a real estate group offering end-to-end property solutions, spanning development advisory, turnkey property development, portfolio management, sales, lettings, short-term rentals, property management and mortgage advisory.Combining brokerage expertise with experience managing large-scale developments, the group has played a leading role in the diversification of one of the region’s most dynamic real estate markets.
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