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.

Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum
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Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum

THE MIDAS TOUCH Sheikh Ahmed is the Chairman of Dubai Airports, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman and CEO of Emirates Group comprising Emirates Airline and dnata. He launched Emirates as the world’s fastest growing international carrier with a fleet of more than 150 aircraft covering over 100 destinations across six continents. The airline has achieved a rare feat of recording impressive profit figures for 25 straight years. dnata is one of the largest combined air service providers in the world, serving over 300 airlines in 35 countries with efficient cargo and ground ha

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Donald Trump
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Donald Trump

Trump has consistently received backlash for his populist, protectionist, and nationalist policies, by the world liberals. He has even been polled as the least popular US President in the history of modern opinion polls. His lack of experience in administration and politics has gone heavily against him. Figures have always spoken badly for him. While 64% rated for Barack Obama that they had confidence in him to do the right thing when it came to international affairs, only 22% showed confidence in Trump on same parameters. Actually, majority of voters have shown low opinions of his character

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Sajjan Jindal
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Sajjan Jindal

CARRYING FORWARD THE LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE All dreams are made of a magical concoction whose ingredients comprise passion, grit and an insurmountable determination to work hard and win against all odds. Sajjan Jindal inherited this magical concoction and chiseling his dreams, developed one of India’s leading business houses, with a workforce of over 40,000. Diversifying his Group gradually to master other verticals, he forayed into cement, infrastructure, energy and so on, with a dream to help build a new nation. Leading India’s largest private steel producer, Sajjan Jindal has displaye

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Melinda Gates
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Melinda Gates

Melinda Gates has come far off from just being the wife of Microsoft Founder Bill Gates. Ms. Gates is a social activist and philanthropist by nature. With the establishment of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Ms. Gates aims at giving a suitable platform to people around the world to help them achieve their dreams. Whether it is the poor health of the person associating with the organization or it is his/her social, economic, or educational requirement, she has specific models designed for people with specific needs. IMPROVING LIFESTYLES Under her leadership, the Foundation takes

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Rishi Sunak
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Rishi Sunak

The youngest leader of the United Kingdom in two centuries, most importantly its first prime minister of South Asian heritage and a Hindu, Rishi Sunak says that accepting the role of UK PM was his dharma – “about doing the things that were expected of you and trying to do the right thing.” The Conservative leader is well versed in economics, and UK citizens appreciated his role as the finance minister, and at this moment of the financial crisis, he is an excellent choice to manage the country’s economy and make a stunning comeback. As the Prime Minister of the UK Rishi has to tame soa

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Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla
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Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla

A senior Indian businessman and philanthropist known for his significant contributions to the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla is the Founder and Chairman of the Pune-based Serum Institute of India, one of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturers. His success story and leadership style are inspiring examples of entrepreneurship and philanthropy. Passionate about making the cheapest vaccines for the underprivileged people of the world, he exports his products to 100 different countries BY JYOTI VERMA Arevolutionary leader who transformed medicine in India, Dr. Cyrus S.

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TARA GANDHI BHATTACHARJEE
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TARA GANDHI BHATTACHARJEE

COMMITTED TO NON-VIOLENCE An author, speaker and renowned humanitarian, Ms. Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee is known all over the world for promoting peace, solidarity and culture. Belonging to one of the finest lineages in the country, she is the grand-daughter of Mahatma Gandhi and carries a fine legacy of non-violence, peace and harmony with her. She has dedicated her life to Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti by propagating the life-mission and thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi amongst different sections of society. “BEING A SOURCE OF BREAD AND BEAUTY TO MILLIONS IN INDIA, A HAND-SPINNING WHEEL,

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Ratan Tata
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Ratan Tata

Starting his career in 1961 on the shop floor of Tata Steel, shovelling limestone and handling the blast furnace, he was made the Chairman of Tata Sons by JRD Tata in 1991. Under his stewardship, Tata Tea acquired Tetley, Tata Motors acquired Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Steel acquired Corus transforming the Tata Group into a global business house, whose 65% revenues come from abroad. His role was also prime in the development of the world’s cheapest passenger car, Tata Nano. His vision and trust in the young and promising business leaders was conspicuous when he invested his personal savings

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Dr. Habil Khorakiwala
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Dr. Habil Khorakiwala

Dr. Habil Khorakiwala is a visionary who saw much ahead of his times what others couldn’t even visualize, and invested in research in antibiotics strongly convinced that it would not only bring huge commercial success, but more importantly would also lead to everlasting good of humankind. Thus, he set out at a very early age to establish Wockhardt as a global pharmaceutical and biotechnology organization, providing affordable, high quality medicines for a healthier world. As no pharmaceutical and biotechnology organization would go the distance and stay the course without robust research

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Eduardo Saverin
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Eduardo Saverin

The above-mentioned stunning genius, today, is best known as the Co-founder of Facebook. He is also one of the richest persons, an Internet entrepreneur, an economist and an angel investor. BORN TO BE BIG Born in 1982 in Sao Paulo, Brazil to a wealthy Jewish Brazilian family, he went to Harvard University in 2006 and graduated in Economics (Honors). His father Roberto Saverin has several businesses in clothing, shipping and real estate, and his mother, Paula, works as a psychologist. Savvy, adaptable, and inherently strategic, Eduardo is considered the force that really made Facebook

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