Dhananjay Datar

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Dhananjay Datar is an Indian businessman based in the United Arab Emirates. He moved from Mumbai to Dubai where he joined his father, who had set up a small grocery business where Datar interned before taking over the business and expanding it into the retail, spice production and export company Al Adil Group in 1984, becoming a prominent member of the UAE's Indian expatriate business community.

'Masala King'

Datar was born in Maharashtra [1] and brought up by his grandmother in the city of Amaravati from the age of 8 as his father was a sergeant in the Indian Air Force (IAF) and travelled constantly. [2] His father retired and the family moved to Mumbai, from where Datar's father then emigrated to Dubai to set up a small grocery business. [2] Joining him, Datar took out a bank loan and expanded the business, naming it Al Adil group. [3] By 2021, the Group had 43 supermarket outlets across the GCC, [2] [4] operating two factories and two spice mills [1] . Datar has frequently been dubbed as the "Masala King" by media in both the UAE [5] and India [6] [7] and in 2017 was ranked 39th among the 50 Richest Indians in the GCC by Arabian Business . In 2018, he was ranked 29th Forbes Middle East's 'Top 100 Indian Business Leaders' [8] and in 2019 was ranked 27th [1] . He was a recipient of the Udyog Rattan Award for outstanding contribution to the economic development of India in 2011. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Celebrating milestones: Dr Dhananjay Datar receives top leadership honour in Middle East". The Economic Times. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dhananjay Datar". Gulf Business. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  3. ↑ D'Mello, Sandhya. "From Dh30 in his pocket to successful Dubai entrepreneur". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "The 50 Richest Indians in the GCC: 2017-39.Dr Dhananjay Datar". Arabian Business. 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 "King of spices: The rise of Al Adil's Dhananjay Datar from a poor boy to a multi-millionaire in Dubai". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "'Masala King' Dhananjay Datar honours Corona warriors with Alphonso mangoes from Konkan". Deccan Herald. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  7. ↑ Reporter (2018-04-11). "Masala King Dr. Dhananjay Datar to inspire Pune Entrepreneurs on 13th April". Punekar News. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
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