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Dr Dhananjay Datar
Chairman and Managing Director, Al Adil Trading
It was chocolate, cheese and Dh30 in pocket that turned Dubai dream into reality for Dr Dhananjay Datar. He landed in Dubai on February 26,1984, when he was 19 years old.
Datar was initially planning to go to Dubai for a job, following the footsteps of his father. But then the situation turned unexpectedly, when his father left his job and started a grocery shop in Dubai.
"I had only three notes of Dh10 in my pocket when my plane landed at the Dubai International Airport. I made a phone call to my father and informed him of my arrival. He asked me to wait outside the airport for a vehicle he was about to send. Soon the vehicle arrived and I burst into laughter as it was a goods carrier.
"My father had developed good contacts in Dubai's business circle. Within a month, I got a job as an intern in one of Dubai's largest supermarkets. That job lasted for four months."
Having worked for 10 years under his father's tutelage, Datar had acquired the required skills and started another shop with the help of a bank loan and that was his first business venture.
"The business-friendly policies of this country, the continuous support of the rulers to the industry world, multicultured clientele and strategic location of this country are the benefit factors for entrepreneurs here."
Datar said the UAE gave him a chance to prove his calibre. "The UAE rewarded my hard work, honesty and integrity with a great fortune. From a small shop, we progressed and evolved as a multi-national business group and a chain of super stores."
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