Saud Kanoo

Kanoo was born in Manama on November 23, 1959.^{[citation needed]} He received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1980 and a Master of Business Administration with an Economics concentration from Mercer University in 1984.^[2]

At first he worked in the Ministry of Housing, but then he went into the private sector, working as a real estate developer at Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo. He also served on boards for USS Real Estate Development Company, Nuetel Communications, and Saraya Contractors. Kanoo has been vice-president of Real Estate at YBA Kanoo as well as an administrator at Abdul Rahman Kanoo International School.^{[citation needed]} He was appointed to the Shura Council and served there from 2002 to 2010.^{[citation needed]}