BR Shetty, the astute businessman who turned $8 into $1bn | The National

BR Shetty, the astute businessman who turned $8 into $1bn | The National:



"BR Shetty is self-effacing almost to the point of mischief: “I am really just an ordinary salesman and deliveryman,” he says.



But the shelves of glittering awards in his office, the Order of Abu Dhabi medal pinned to his suit jacket, and the track record suggest otherwise.



This is the man who arrived in the capital with US$8 in his pocket in 1973, and proceeded to build two of the most successful and enduring business in the UAE: the hospitals and pharmacy group NMC Healthcare, and the remittance chain UAE Exchange."



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