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URS-AsiaOne has been steadily showcasing inspiring stories of some leaders who had established global business empires. Some prodigious leaders overcame every difficulty and completely transformed the global dais with their ground-breaking ideas, brilliant operations, and game-changing products and services. Their concerted efforts and incredible focus have helped entire nations write inspiring sagas of business and economic growth. These nonpareil leaders have consistently altered established norms and revolutionized their businesses with their groundbreaking ideas and led their companies to get recognized at many global platforms with various acclaimed brand awards and leader awards such as entrepreneur of the year award.

We present a few of the stimulating stories of the success of such coveted greatest leaders.

Nita Ambani
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Nita Ambani

THE INVINCIBLE ENTREPRENEUR From India’s richest woman to the leading lady in style, Nita Ambani breaks to turtle conservationists’ perception of Indians towards woman power play. She has proved that more than any sophisticated ornament; it is the beautiful soul that keeps the charming personality gleaming not known to many, from couple of months, Reliance Foundation, named after her husband Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, chaired by the ever-smiling Nita Ambani has been generously donating in major U.S. museums seeking to mount shows with ties to her homeland. Soaring high with pe

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Arun Agarwal
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Arun Agarwal

SPEARHEADING THE NEXTT ERA A Business tycoon, a humanitarian and a scholar, Mr. Arun Agarwal’s personality has all the elements that make him an exceptional leader. Embarked on the way to a rising success chart, this CEO of Nextt, the largest bedding company in North America is marking touchstones in the Indian Home Textiles Industry in the United States Success is a multidimensional achievement. One cannot define it in terms of one or two parameters; rather it is a part of a bigger framework which comprises of million little threads that weave into an exceptionally beautiful phase of accom

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Evelyn Mungai
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Evelyn Mungai

Before Evelyn Mungai opened the first school of design in Nairobi, there was no such industry as fashion design in East Africa, and so of course there were no fashion designers. She took it upon herself to train thousands of young people across the continent. Under her expert guidance, some went on to start their own businesses in this lucrative field, while others were employed in the related textile and graphic and interior design sectors. GLOBAL APPEAL Her graduates span the globe, grateful for the foundation they received at the college. Because of her hard work and dedication, the name Ev

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CP Gurnani
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CP Gurnani

AN ECLECTIC PERSONAGE Emerging from the lanes of a small town in Madhya Pradesh to be counted among world’s most influential and prominent leaders, the journey of CP Gurnani can leave anyone awe-inspired. A fascination towards technology and the zest to transform the Indian IT sector has underlined his way to zenith of success the life of CP Gurnani has been a saga of innumerous transitions. However, with an unyielding fortitude, he not only scaled every challenge victoriously, but also acquired profound wisdom through each one of them. Even if things happened at a frenetic pace, he concentr

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Rizwan Sajan
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Rizwan Sajan

Rizwan Sajan arrived in Dubai in 1991 with nothing in his pockets but a dream in his eyes. The only positive thing he could cling to was his first-hand experience in the building materials industry. He didn’t have money, but had a heart of gold! He was 28 years old then, and had been working for more than a decade with his uncle in Kuwait. He had lost his father at the age of 16 and had made his way up from the streets. He had started feeling settled in the business with his uncle, when suddenly the Gulf War started and things got so bad that he had to leave Kuwait and his job. The decisio

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SUNIL KUMAR AGARWAL
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SUNIL KUMAR AGARWAL

Sunil Kumar Agarwal is one of the promoter directors of Kamdhenu Ispat Ltd. He is a man of many abilities. He is a skilled engineer, an astute leader, a capable administrator and a true team man, who is taking the company to new heights of success and glory Endowed with a superlative marketing flair, Sunil Kumar Agarwal has been the force behind the strong and efficient pan-India marketing network of Kamdhenu brand. With his keen understanding of the market dynamics, he has been charting the growth of the company within the Indian steel sector. Just after completing his B.E. (Chemical) from

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Abdulla Bin Ahmad Al Ghurair
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Abdulla Bin Ahmad Al Ghurair

Pearl of UAE The Al Ghurair family is quite famous in the UAE since the early days of the 20th century, as family members, mainly Ahmad Al Ghurair and his son Saif, were involved in pearl diving and its trading. With the gradual accumulation of capital, the Al Ghurair Group was established by Ahmad Al Ghurair in 1960 as a family business. His five sons – Saif, Abdulla, Majid, Marwan and Jomaa – helped him manage the family business. Around that period, the Rulers of Dubai, the Al Maktoum family, had started creating the Dubai as we know it today, and the leading business families of Dubai

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Deepak Parekh
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Deepak Parekh

Born in 1944 and a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW), Mr. Deepak Parekh is at the financial helm of India Inc. In 1978 Mr. Parekh joined India’s premier housing finance company HDFC Ltd. as Deputy General Manager and then went on to become its Chairman in 1993. ACCELERATING GROWTH HDFC’s growth in stature and strength since its inception (1977), has been achieved by a steadfast focus on sound values such as integrity, transparency and professionalism, and underpinned by a basic belief of trust by the Indian middleclass. Mr. Dee

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ANIL DHIRUBHAI AMBANI
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ANIL DHIRUBHAI AMBANI

The Fortune Spinner When Anil Dhirubhai Ambani inherited business from his father in 2002, he was quite confident of turning it into a billion dollar conglomerate. An avid marathoner, Anil Ambani has paced his career too well. For Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), being a giant in the Indian conglomerate sector with an impressive presence in power, communications, infrastructure and capital funds across India was not enough. And Anil Amnbani was well-versed with this reality. Anil took on the management of the Reliance Group as the Chief Executive Officer. At present, the Reliance A

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Ashok Kajaria
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Ashok Kajaria

“Super brands” are not easy to make, and sometimes take generations to create. Ashok Kajaria—through relentless and indefatigable efforts, unwavering dedication for quality, and an enthusiasm for innovation—made Kajaria Ceramics a Super Brand in less than 3 decades. Kajaria Ceramics is internationally renowned today due to Ashok Kajaria’s unparalleled experience in the field—he keeps track of every relevant movement in the industry and uses it to his advantage. In the last 30 years, his strategic understanding of the market, production and the brands in the Ceramics industry has ma

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