Tsohon Sarkin Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, ana kallonsa a matsayin jagoran da ya sauya Qatar daga ƙaramar ƙasa a yankin Gulf zuwa ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashen da suka fi arziƙi da tasiri a duniya. A lokacin mulkinsa daga 1995 zuwa 2013, ya aiwatar da manyan sauye-sauye da suka haifar da bunƙasar tattalin arziƙin ƙasar.
Babban abin da ya fara mayar da hankali a kai shi ne bunƙasa amfani da North Field, wanda shi ne mafi girman rijiyar iskar gas ta duniya. Gwamnatinsa ta zuba biliyoyin daloli wajen gina masana'antun sarrafa da fitar da iskar gas mai ruwa (LNG), lamarin da ya mayar da Qatar ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu fitar da LNG a duniya. Kuɗaɗen da aka samu daga wannan fanni ne suka zama tushen bunƙasar tattalin arzikin ƙasar.
Sheikh Hamad ya yi amfani da wannan arziki wajen gina manyan ayyukan more rayuwa, ciki har da filayen jiragen sama, hanyoyi, tashoshin ruwa, asibitoci, makarantu da sabbin birane. Haka kuma ya ƙaddamar da Qatar National Vision 2030, wani tsari na dogon lokaci da ke da nufin rage dogaro da man fetur da iskar gas ta hanyar bunƙasa ilimi, lafiya, fasaha, yawon buɗe ido da sauran fannoni.
A ƙoƙarinsa na tabbatar da dorewar arzikin ƙasar, ya ƙarfafa Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), asusun zuba jari na ƙasa, wanda ya zuba biliyoyin daloli a manyan kamfanoni, bankuna, otal-otal da kadarori a ƙasashe daban-daban na duniya. Wannan ya taimaka wajen ƙarfafa tattalin arzikin Qatar da samar da sabbin hanyoyin samun kuɗaɗen shiga.
Sheikh Hamad ya kuma ɗaga martabar Qatar a duniya ta hanyar kafa tashar talabijin ta Al Jazeera a shekarar 1996, wadda ta zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan kafafen yaɗa labarai na duniya. Bugu da ƙari, ya jagoranci ƙoƙarin da ya sa Qatar ta samu damar karɓar bakuncin Gasar Kofin Duniya ta FIFA ta 2022, abin da ya jawo ƙarin zuba jari da bunƙasa yawon buɗe ido.
A ƙarƙashin jagorancinsa, tattalin arzikin Qatar ya bunƙasa ƙwarai, inda GDP na ƙasar ya ƙaru sau da dama, yayin da Qatar ta zama ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashen da suka fi samun kuɗin shiga ga kowane ɗan ƙasa. Saboda waɗannan nasarori, ana tuna Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani a matsayin jagoran da ya aza tubalin tattalin arzikin Qatar ta zamani.