BR Shetty arrived in the capital with $8 in his pocket in 1973, and proceeded to build two successful business in the UAE: the hospitals and pharmacy group NMC Health, and the remittance chain UAE Exchange.
Now, with NMC listed on the London Stock Exchange and UAE Exchange about to clinch a takeover of the global foreign-exchange network Travelex, Mr. Shetty is an UHNWI estimated to be worth a cool $1 billion. Read more