Mohamed Alabbar, is an Emirati businessman and global entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder of Emaar Properties, the developer of assets such as the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Mall, as well as the chairman of Eagle Hills, the Abu Dhabi-based private investment and real estate development company. He is also the founder and director of noon.com, an e-commerce ecosystem for the Arab world and largest GCC e-commerce company and the chairman of Americana Group, in food industries.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum is an Emirati politician. A billionaire member of Dubai's ruling Al Maktoum family, he is believed to be one of the world's wealthiest royals.
Joy Alukkas is an Indian businessman from Kerala. He is the chairman and managing director of Joyalukkas Jewellery, founded in 1988.
Yusuff Ali Musaliam Veettil Abdul Kader, popularly known as Yusuff Ali M. A is a UAE-based Indian businessman and billionaire. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of LuLu Group International that owns the LuLu Hypermarket chain worldwide and LuLu International Shopping Mall. With an annual turnover of US$7.4 billion, LuLu Group International employs the largest number of Indians outside India. According to Forbes Middle East, Yusuff Ali was ranked No. 1 in Top 100 Indian business owners in the Arab World 2018.
B.R Shetty is an Indian-born businessman who is the founder and acquirer of a number of companies based in the United Arab Emirates, including Abu Dhabi-based NMC Health, Neopharma, BRS Ventures, and Finablr. Shetty's initial interest in 1975 was in hospitals and hospitality and has since diversified into pharmaceuticals, financial services, retail, advertising and information technology. He was included on the Forbes list of India's 100 Richest People in 2015 and was listed as the 42nd richest person in 2020.
Azad Moopen is an Indian healthcare entrepreneur. He is the developer of many healthcare facilities in Asia-Pacific. He is also the chairman and managing director of Aster DM Healthcare, a healthcare conglomerate in the Middle East and India founded in 1987.
DAMAC Properties is an Emirati property development company, based in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. In January 2015, DAMAC Properties was publicly listed on the Dubai Financial Market. The company operates internationally providing residential, commercial and leisure properties and has presence in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran, Oman, and the United Kingdom.
Dr. Thumbay Moideen is an Indian businessman based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is the founder and president of the Thumbay Group, a diversified international business conglomerate headquartered in the Dubai International Financial Centre, with operations across 20 sectors.
Muhammed Ghassan Aboud is a Dubai based Syrian entrepreneur, philanthropist and a founding member of the Syrian Business Council. He is mainly known as the founder of Ghassan Aboud Group, the UAE headquartered conglomerate. In 2018, Ghassan Aboud was named in the list of Top 50 Most Influential Expats in the UAE by Forbes Middle East.
TASC Outsourcing is a staffing and managed services company of the Middle East headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. TASC Outsourcing was founded in November 2007 by Mahesh Shahdadpuri in Dubai and has its operations, through its branches and network, across the Arab states of the Persian Gulf which includes the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. It has a turnover of almost $100 million. Since 2007, TASC has built teams for over 200 businesses within the GCC, including free zones.
Zulekha Daud is the Founder and Chairperson of Zulekha Healthcare Group, including Zulekha Hospital UAE; Alexis Multispeciality Hospital, India and Zulekha Colleges, India. She set up Zulekha Hospitals in 1992 in UAE and in 2016 in India. Dr. Daud, hailing from Nagpur, Maharashtra in India, a renowned physician-turned-entrepreneur based in UAE received India's top most honors for overseas Indians – the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award 2019. The award is conferred on individuals who have made significant contributions to philanthropic and charitable work and for prominence in one's field which has enhanced India's prestige in the country of residence. The award was presented to Dr. Daud by the Hon’ble President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind on 23 January 2019 at a ceremony held in Varanasi, India.
Hussain Jasim Al Nowais is an Emirati businessman who serves as Chairman of Al Nowais Investments and AMEA Power; and is the Vice Chairman of Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. He is also a co-founder and board member of Sandooq Al Watan and board member of Rotana Hotels & Real Estate Investment.
Sundar Menon is a GCC based Indian entrepreneur, and the founder of The Sun Group International. He was honored with Padmashri award by the Government of India in the year 2016, for his contribution in the field of Social Work.
Hussain Sajwani, is an Emirati billionaire businessman and the founder of the property development company, DAMAC Properties, and his private investment company, DICO Group.
Firoz Merchant is an Indian businessman, and philanthropist based in the United Arab Emirates. He is the Founder and Chairman of Pure Gold Group, which consists of FGM Holding, Pure Gold Jewellers, Pure Gold Real Estate Development, La Moda, and Pure Gold Manufacturing.
Ram Buxani is a Dubai-based Non-Resident Indian entrepreneur and chairman of the business conglomerate ITL Cosmos Group. He became a well-known figure in the Indian community after his role in influencing the Indian government to abolish estate duty in 1985.
Union Properties is a real estate development company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The company was formed in 1987 as Union Property Private Limited and was listed on the Dubai Financial Market in 1993. Previous projects include The Index apartment/office building in Dubai and Dubai Motor City.
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Musallam Bin Ham Al-Ameri is an Emirati billionaire, businessman, philanthropist, author and former UAE Federal National Council member. He is the Deputy Secretary-General of the Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina against Malnutrition (IIMSAM), Deputy Chairman of the Bin Ham Group and Member of Al Ain Municipal Council. He is the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations Emsam Organization. He has pledged half of his wealth to charity through The Giving Pledge.
Faizal Edavalath Kottikollon is a United Arab Emirates-based Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of KEF Holdings – a diversified company known for establishing technologically integrated enterprises across multiple industries – and Chairman of the Board of Meitra Hospital – an advanced tertiary care hospital in Kozhikode, Kerala.
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.
