Icons of Influence Sohan Roy Founder, Chairman and CEO, Aries Group Sohan Roy founded Aries Group, with its flagship unit, Aries Marine, in 1998. The conglomerate has grown exponentially in the Middle East and operates in 25 countries worldwide, with 66 companies. Over the past 26 years, the group has collaborated with more than 8,243 national and international clients and executed more than 85,312 projects. Last year, the Sharjah-based multinational firm distributed Dhs13.4m employees to mark its silver jubilee. The group has implemented an array of corporate social responsibility initiatives, including pensions for employees’ parents, salaries for unemployed spouses of company employees, homes for senior staff, education allowances, and scholarships for employees’ children. Beyond his business ventures, Roy is a poet and writer. He has penned five books and has been publishing four-line poems each day without a break on social media platforms over the past five years. Related Stories Why regional companies should focus on improving employee efficiency 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 Sima Ved Shaji Ul Mulk Ramesh Prabhakar L.T. Pagarani Ram Buxani Surender Kandhari Sohan Roy Shyam Bhatia