Mohan Valrani At the age of seven, Valrani’s family fled from Pakistan to India. Overnight, they went from a position of wealth to that of refugees. After rebuilding their lives in Gujarat, Valrani left in the mid-fifties to begin another life as an expat – this time as an entrepreneur. He co-founded the Al Shirawi Group in 1971 with his friend and business partner Abdulla Al Shirawi. Today, the group operates over 30 companies across several verticals including oil and gas, heavy equipment, logistics, and engineering, that employ over 10,000 employees – many of whom, like Valrani, are expatriates. Related Stories Revealed: Influential Indians in the GCC: Business legends UK’s Gabbitas To Create Four New British Schools In Dubai You might also like Sunil John Vasu Shroff Dr. Thumbay Moideen Vidya Chhabria K. Rajaram Dr. Adnan Chilwan Sanjiv Kakkar Ram Kumar Thota Raghu Malhotra Sunil Kaushal Atif Rahman Amit Jain Rishi Kapoor Shyam Bhatia Anil Pillai Bal Krishen Rohit and Sharad Bachani Raju Ramesh and Sunil Paul Ayesha Depala John Paul Joy Alukkas Geet Bhalla and Digvijay Pratap Snehal and Sunita Hadani Nisha Jagtiani Kunal Kapoor Dino Varkey Ashish Panjabi Joy Alukkas Yogesh Mehta Yusuff Ali M.A. Ravi Pillai Micky Jagtiani Sunny Varkey Sunil Vaswani Shamsheer Vayalil Firoz Merchant Rajen Kilachand Azad Moopen Tony Jashanmal Paras Shahdadpuri Dr. Zulekha Daud Adeeb Ahamed Dhananjay Datar Rizwan Sajan PNC Menon Sima Ved Shaji Ul Mulk Ramesh Prabhakar L.T. Pagarani Ram Buxani Surender Kandhari Sohan Roy