In January 2013, one writer pegged the QIA investment in Britain at €30 billion, France at €10 billion and Germany at €5 billion, Qatar Holding's stake in
Barclays rose to 12.7% following Barclays' capital raising in October 2008. Qatar Investment Authority holds a small stake in
Fisker Automotive. It also holds about 17% stake in the
Volkswagen Group,
Porsche,
Hochtief, The French government has made of Qatar a strategic partner, and the list of partnerships between the two states includes
Total (4%),
EADS (6%),
Technip,
Air Liquide,
Vinci SA (5%),
GDF Suez,
Veolia (5%),
Vivendi, Royal Monceau,
France Telecom and
Areva. In February 2009, France accorded special beyond-
OECD investment privileges to Qatar and its
state-owned enterprises; one example is
capital gains exemptions in France. In May 2012, it acquired a stake below 3% in
Royal Dutch Shell. It has announced a plan to raise its stake to 7%. In November 2012, QIA and
Cassa Depositi e Prestiti signed the starting agreement of IQ Made in Italy Venture, a four-year cooperation to promote
Made in Italy in Qatar's Arabic partners and to push them to invest in Italian economic sectors like fashion, luxury, design, food, tourism, lifestyle & leisure. In January 2013, Qatar Holding, an indirect subsidiary of QIA, said it would invest $5 billion into petrochemical projects in
Malaysia in three to four years. The investment was said to help Malaysia compete with neighbouring
Singapore to become the region's top petrochemical hub. The QIA was planning to invest $200 million in residential property in
India through Kotak Realty Fund in late December 2013. In August 2018, Qatar Investment Authority signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to invest up to $500mn in tourism in
Indonesia. In October 2014 Qatar Investment Authority signed an agreement with
CITIC Group Corp to launch a $10 billion fund to invest in
China. The QIA announced its intention to invest $35b in the
US during the next five years, starting in September 2015. Via Mannai Corporation, it is currently in a process of acquiring the French computer science group GFI. In 2021, QIA with its subsidiary unit - Locus Engineering Management and Services Co. W.L.L. is investing in a sub-Saharan African renewable energy platform being led by Enel Green Power. During the 2021 St Petersburg Economic Forum, Sheikh
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani highlighted
Qatar's solid historic relations with
Russia and announced that his country will increase investments in the Russian Federation. He also called on
Russia's private sector and the world to explore
Qatar's promising business environment in many projects and several spheres. On 23 January 2023, Qatar Investment Authority has doubled its stake in
Credit Suisse Group, becoming the second-biggest shareholder and underlining the growing importance of Middle Eastern investors to the ailing Swiss bank. In June 2024,
Reuters wrote that QIA had agreed to buy a 10% stake in
ChinaAMC and was awaiting approval by Chinese regulators.
Real estate The QIA real estate portfolio includes direct ownership, joint ventures, trusts and funds. It wholly controls Qatari Diar, a property investment company, and also owns Katara Hospitality, a global hotel owner, developer and operator. In 2013, QIA acquired a 40% stake in the
Porta Nuova business district in Milan, later purchasing the remaining interest in 2015. QIA has purchased $3.78 billion in Manhattan properties since 2014, including 111 West 33rd Street, 501 Seventh Avenue and 250 West 57th Street. In 2015, in a joint venture with
Brookfield Property Partners, QIA acquired a 44% stake in the
Manhattan West development. In 2022, QIA and Brookfield sold a 49% shareholding in the project to Blackstone Real Estate. QIA and Brookfield jointly acquired
Canary Wharf Group for £2.6 billion. The Canary Wharf Group is London's largest property owner, with almost 21.5m sq ft of space on its books, according to data from the research firm Datscha. QIA has also made investments in
Asia Square in Singapore and the
HSBC Tower in London. Qatar Investment Authority is a major shareholder in
Heathrow Airport, holding 20 percent of the airport. In 2017, the company invested a further £650 million (US$807 million). QIA has held a 20% stake in
Inmobiliaria Colonial since 2018. In August 2018, Brookfield signed a 99-year lease on
Jared Kushner's financially troubled
666 Fifth Avenue skyscraper. The deal raised suspicions that the Qatar Investment Authority, a major investor in Brookfield, was attempting to influence the
Trump administration. In 2019, QIA partnered with Crown Acquisitions to acquire a significant stake in
Vornado Realty Trust, a portfolio of premium New York retail properties. QIA also owns luxury hotels including the St. Regis San Francisco, the
St. Regis New York, and the
W Barcelona. In 2023, it acquired the
Park Lane Hotel in New York.
Qatari Diar Qatari Diar is a
real estate company established by the Qatar Investment Authority in 2005 with headquarters in Lusail. which was later sold, in 2010, to
Vinci SA in exchange for 31.5 million Vinci shares. By 2011 the company had stakes in the utility
Suez Environnement and in
Veolia Environnement (4.6%, sold in 2018). In 2011, Qatari Diar bought the Port Tarraco Marina in Tarragona, Spain. The company invested into
The Shard, a skyscraper in London designed by
Renzo Piano, and the former Royal Dutch Shell plc headquarters. Other London investments include the
Chelsea Barracks, the
US Embassy,
Elephant and Castle and Grosvenor Waterside. In 2012, it completed the acquisition of
Credit Suisse's headquarters in London. Qatari Diar along with Canary Wharf, won a £300mn deal to redevelop the Shell Centre in London, the former London headquarters of
Royal Dutch Shell. As of 2013, Qatari Diar was one of the major financiers of a recent development known as
CityCenterDC, as it invested $650 million into the project. Qatari Diar also invested into
The Peninsula Paris hotel. In 2018, Qatari Diar started to develop the Chancery
Rosewood hotel in the building of the former U.S. Embassy at 30
Grosvenor Square in
Mayfair, London. The hotel was opened in September 2025. In April 2023, the company sold its 22 per cent stake in the build-to-rent developer Get Living, which owns the publicly funded Olympic village also known as
East Village, London. Qatari Diar sold its shares to
Aware Super, an Australian pension fund. On 3 December 2010, QIA, along with
Colony Capital and
Tutor-Saliba Corporation, was part of an investment group known as
Filmyard Holdings, which purchased
Miramax from
Disney. In December 2017, QIA and hedge fund
Elliott Investment jointly acquired the U.S.-based networking software company Gigamon for $1.6 billion. In September 2018, QIA jointly led a $400 million funding round for the U.S.-based real estate technology company
Compass alongside
Softbank Vision Fund. In 2019, QIA led an investment of $150 million in Indian education start-up
BYJU'S. In 2022, QIA partnered with BYJU'S to launch a new research and development centre in Doha as well as a edtech business. In October of that year, QIA led an additional $250 million funding round for BYJU'S. Together with other investors, QIA bought a 10% stake in
Vivendi's Universal Music Group in December 2019. In March 2021, QIA became a minority investor in
Coveo, the cloud-based search, recommendations, and personalization company. In December 2022, QIA led an $196.5 million funding round for
Snyk. In January 2023, QIA invested $150 million in The North Road Company. In May 2023,
London (
United Kingdom) based and Sachin Dev Duggal-led Builder.ai received $250 million in series D funding, led by the QIA. In the same month, QIA co-invested $105 million in the Turkish AI platform Insider alongside Istanbul-based Esas Private Equity. In June 2023, QIA invested $4.05 billion in
Monumental Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of the
Washington Wizards,
Washington Capitals, and
Washington Mystics, securing a 5% stake in the company. In December 2023, QIA acquired a 4.26% stake in the Chinese software company
Kingdee. QIA participated in the first funding round of
xAI, as well as in its $6 billion funding round C in December 2024. In November 2024, QIA led a $125 million funding round for the AI platform Cresta. In January 2025, QIA participated in a funding round for the data and AI company
Databricks and in a $100 million series D funding round for the AI-powered data startup
Instabase. In December 2025, the company announced it had increased its minority stake in Monumental Sports & Entertainment, having initially acquired a five per cent shareholding in June 2023.
Consumer and retail , Brompton Road store with Qatar flagIn May 2010, Qatar Holding, an indirect subsidiary of QIA, purchased the
Harrods Group from
Mohamed Al-Fayed, including the
Knightsbridge department store. The sale was concluded in the early hours of 8 May, when
Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani came to London to finalise the deal, saying that the acquisition of Harrods would add "much value" to the investment portfolio of Qatar Holdings while his deputy, Hussain Ali Al-Abdulla, called it a "landmark transaction". A spokesman for Mohamed Al-Fayed said "in reaching the decision to retire, [Fayed] wished to ensure that the legacy and traditions that he has built up in Harrods would be continued." In 2021, QIA led a $200 million funding round in
Eat Just, a plant-based food start-up. In the same year, they also led a $175 million funding round for the Indian Cloud Kitchen Startup
Rebel Foods, in which they invested another $25 million in 2025. QIA participated in a $700 million funding round for Indian food tech firm
Swiggy in January 2022, while already holding a stake in the company. Later in the year, QIA led a $250 million round in Innovafeed. In 2021, QIA participated in an $1.5 billion funding round for the Turkish online retailer
Trendyol. In 2023, QIA bought a 1% stake in India's
Reliance Retail Ventures for $1 billion. == List of holdings and stakes ==