Sima Ved While her husband Nilesh is the chairperson of the fashion and lifestyle retail conglomerate, it was Sima Ved who founded the business and is also currently its vice chairperson. Together, the duo grew the Dubai company from a single franchise of Nine West in 1999 to a juggernaut that now retails over 75 international brands, with a footprint of over 1,750 stores across 14 countries. Besides, Ved also participates in local theatre groups and has even hosted her own chat show Hi Tea with Sima Ved, whose guests have included Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan. Related Stories UAE startup Tabby secures $7m funding, partners with Apparel Group Revealed: Influential Indians in the GCC: Business legends Apparel Group signs GCC franchise deal for Sumo Sushi & Bento You might also like Sunil John Dr. Thumbay Moideen Vidya Chhabria Mohan Valrani K. Rajaram Dr. Adnan Chilwan Sanjiv Kakkar Ram Kumar Thota Raghu Malhotra Sunil Kaushal Atif Rahman Amit Jain Rishi Kapoor Vasu Shroff 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 Shaji Ul Mulk Ramesh Prabhakar L.T. Pagarani Ram Buxani Surender Kandhari Sohan Roy Shyam Bhatia