Shaji Ul Mulk

As a young student, Mulk came to Dubai from India in 1982 to join his brother-in-law’s business and save up enough money to continue his education at an American business school. He saved up $30,000 within a year of landing in Dubai, but decided not to accept the offer to study at Wharton’s Business school and instead pursued an entrepreneurship journey here in the UAE. The Mulk Holdings group, of which he is the chairman, now has diversified interests in aluminium composite manufacturing, real estate, plastics, renewable energy and even sports. But the most lucrative opportunity may have arisen last month, when its healthcare division announced that it was setting up the Middle East’s first e-hospital which will comprise of a network of 2,000 doctors.