Gulf Capital is an alternative investment company focused primarily on investing locally raised capital in the GCC region. It was incorporated in Abu Dhabi in 2005 with a capital base of some US$ 300 million. It focuses on acquiring sizeable and controlling stakes in highly profitable and rapidly growing companies with competent leadership and management as well as sustainable competitive advantages, within a select number of emergent industries in the GCC region, and with a concentration on consolidating fragmented sectors and sub-sectors.