The face is half covered. The elongated visor of the cap also protects it when the sunset has already reached Liscia di Vacca, on the opposite side of the «water front» of the richest port in the Mediterranean. Shy, reserved, handshake strong enough to carve the fingerprints on the hand of others. The facial features of this businessman, with a nationality straddling Kuwait and Canada, could easily confuse him with the Sardinians of Sardinia. Lively and curious eyes, like those of a sniper who studies the interlocutor from a distance. He, Waleed Al-Ghafari , in the register of professions declares himself a "business developer". He actually lives on a plane, between Dubai, Modena, Canada, half the world and now Porto Cervo. Not really a vacation for him.
Sheikh's car
In this hot summer as never before, the long-eyed gentleman, between a circumnavigation of the coast and a swim in the turquoise waters, "sells" cars. Not exactly normal. And, above all, not for everyone. If you are not a sheikh, nabob or billionaire in that jewelry box, in front of the yachts of a thousand and one nights, it is better not even to go inside. This is not for the curious. Here the ultra-luxury "small cars", and above all unique pieces, are worth figures with many zeros . Ares, the brand that designs the most luxurious cars in the world like in a high fashion atelier, is the toy jewel that he shares with his partner Dany Bahar. Headquarters and exclusive "tailoring" in Modena. Here the famous cars enter, Bentley, Ferrari, Maserati, and Ares, unbridled luxury, comes out. The 170 men of this company with just 8 years of life dismantle bodies and interiors, sometimes even the engines, to transform those cars into unique, exclusive pieces, for the use and consumption of the billionaire dreams of those who dare to ask for true luxury. The meeting is scheduled at his headquarters in Porto Cervo, but he doesn't even think for a moment to talk to me about his machines, he quickly realizes that it would be a waste of time.
From Dubai to Porto Cervo
In everyday life, over the 45 days of Costa Smeralda, for at least 30 years, it has been beating the most disparate markets, from telecommunications to technology, from hospitality to the real estate sector. He does not like borders, the business view for him is global, from North America to Europe, necessarily passing through the Middle East. . Also in the city-state, all wealth and luxury, he was President of the "Dubai Pearl Hotel Company", the core business of tourism development for the high-end and of the Technology Park. In the United Arab Emirates nothing was missing, not even the foundation of the Dubai Film Festival, all money, films and even Oscars. On vacation, however, he is here, in the exclusive land of Gallura granites.
