He is the co-founder and was chief executive of Dubai Refreshments (Pepsi), in Dubai, and institutionalized the soft drink industry in the Middle East.
•
Along with Shaikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum the Al Owais, Al Mulla family and Qais Bin Abdul Munaim Al Zawawi, he negotiated the deal to make Dubai the first place in the Middle East to bottle, distribute and market the Pepsi brand.
•
In 1980, along with Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Sultan Al Owais he founded, Jeema Mineral Water Company.
Before returning to Oman, after the Sultan deposed his father in a bloodless coup, Al Zawawi studied in India and then moved to Dubai, where he helped set up the Pepsi-Cola Operations with Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the then Ruler of Dubai (1958–1990), H.E. Sultan bin Ali Al Owais and Mohamed Yehia Zakaria, both prominent business men.
Mohamed Yehia Zakaria (born 1938), pioneer of the beverage industry in the Arab world, co-founder of Pepsi-Cola Dubai (Dubai Refreshments)
Mohamed Atta | Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi | Fareed Zakaria | Mohamed Morsi | Mohamed Al-Fayed | Ahmed Mohamed Islam | Binyam Mohamed | Zakaria Tamer | Mustapa Mohamed | Mohamed Nasheed | Mohamed Mounir | Mohamed Hassanein Heikal | Mohamed Naguib Hamed | Mohamed Hamaki | Mohamed Bouazizi | Mohamed Abdelaziz | Ely Ould Mohamed Vall | Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi | Zakaria El Masbahi | Zakaria Amara | Said Mohamed Jaffar | Rafiq Zakaria | Pops Mohamed | Mohamed Yehia Zakaria | Mohamed Oufkir | Mohamed Nagy | Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadrawi' | Mohamed Hussein Ali | Mohamed Harkat | Mohamed Farrah Aidid |