Economic Zones World is the global provider of sustainable industrial and logistics infrastructure. The company aims to create a robust network of economic zones, technology, logistics and industrial parks as well as build-to-suit developments across the world. It was set up by Dubai World

Dubai World

Dubai World is an investment company that manages and supervises a portfolio of businesses and projects for the Dubai government across a wide range of industry segments and projects that promote Dubai as a hub for commerce and trading. It is the emirate's flag bearer in global investments and has...

 as a single commercial entity in January 2007 with Salma Ali Saif Bin Hareb as its CEO.

Economic Zones World manages a portfolio of companies that includes Jafza

Jebel Ali Free Zone

Jebel Ali Free Zone is a free economic zone located in the Jebel Ali area at the far western end of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, near Abu Dhabi...

, Gazeley, TechnoPark, and Dubai Auto Zone.

On June 10, 2008 Economic Zones World acquisition of Gazeley Limited, a Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...

owned entity, received European regulatory approval for the integration of these two businesses.