Sima Ved Follow us Follow on Google News Follow on Facebook Follow on Instagram Follow on X Follow on LinkedIn 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 Anil Pillai Dr. Thumbay Moideen Vidya Chhabria Mohan Valrani K. Rajaram Dr. Adnan Chilwan Sanjiv Kakkar Ram Kumar Thota Raghu Malhotra Atif Rahman Amit Jain Rishi Kapoor Sunil John Vasu Shroff 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 Ravi Pillai Micky Jagtiani Sunny Varkey Sunil Vaswani Shamsheer Vayalil Dr. Zulekha Daud Yogesh Mehta Firoz Merchant Rajen Kilachand Azad Moopen Tony Jashanmal Paras Shahdadpuri Yusuff Ali M.A. Adeeb Ahamed Dhananjay Datar Rizwan Sajan PNC Menon Shaji Ul Mulk Ramesh Prabhakar L.T. Pagarani Ram Buxani Surender Kandhari Sohan Roy Shyam Bhatia Sunil Kaushal