The Kanoo Group operates across diverse sectors including shipping, travel, machinery, logistics, property, energy, chemicals, training, retail, and various joint ventures.

[14] As visiting lecturer at the American University of Sharjah School of Business Administration,[15][16] he is an advocate of education and believes that it allows people to take responsibility and control of their lives.

[59][60][61][62] As an eccentric collector, a pride of place in his office goes to a painting of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara by the Bahraini artist Jamal Abdul Raheem.

He launched the Meem Gallery together with Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, a member of Sharjah's royal family and founder of Barjeel Art Foundation[64] and British curator, Charles Pocock.

[67][68] In addition to exhibiting important modern and contemporary works, the Meem Gallery encourages a greater understanding of Middle Eastern art through its publications available at Noor Library.