Unbridled Imagination: Stories of Inspiring Leaders Whose Imagination Created Incredible Success (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781534875968)

A man of vision and dynamism with a determination to succeed, Thumbay Moideen is recognized in India and beyond, for the various achievements to his credit. He was born on 23 March 1957 in Mangalore, Karnataka. A third generation entrepreneur from a well-known business family from Mangalore, at the age of 21 years he took over the reins of the large business house established by his father. Thumbay Moideen brought the family business to the Persian Gulf with the launch of the Thumbay Group, UAE (United Arab Emirates) in 1998. He established the Gulf Medical University, which ultimately became a destination for medical education for students from over 73 countries. Today, Thumbay Group has developed into a business conglomerate with diversified business operations in 16 sectors including healthcare, education, research, diagnostics, retail pharmacy, health communications, publishing, retail opticals, wellness, hospitality, information technology, trading, distribution and real estate, spread out across the UAE as well as other countries. The Group today employs over 4000 people, which will rise to 6000 with the completion of ongoing projects and to 15,000 employees by the end of 2020. Thumbay Moideen has been bestowed with various awards and recognitions in the UAE and abroad. He has consistently been on the 'most influential' and 'top leaders' lists published by reputed international publications. He was recently featured on the cover of Forbes Middle East. He has been an invited speaker at various international conferences and seminars held in America, Europe, Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. He has also been invited by various associations and organizations to be on their board as an active office bearer or in an advisory capacity. Moideen is married to Zohra Moideen and has two sons, Akbar Moideen Thumbay and Akram Moideen Thumbay. Akbar manages Thumbay Group's hospitals as the Vice President of the healthcare division, while Akram manages the construction & renovation division as its Director-Operations. Akbar is married to Nousheen Salma, who is in charge of handling the editorial and design advice of 'Health' magazine, Thumbay Group's health and lifestyle publication.