Sohan Roy

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.