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Mohamed Aly Early life and education

He did his schooling in Madras, Mumbai and Beirut, before emigrating to London, where he joined an accounting school from which he eventually dropped out.[2] Career

His first company was a family company diversified into leisure, food, hotels and electronics and its own logistics and distribution, today it employs around 45000+ people and has more than 1000 stores across the Persian Gulf region, Middle East and India.[3]

He is a college dropout, drove a taxi in London before moving to Bahrain and taking over his deceased family's baby products shop. Over the years his Landmark Group moved to Dubai and expanded into fashion, electronics, furniture and budget hotels in Middle East and Southeast Asia.[1]

In 2008, Jagtiani now a billionaire mall developer and the chairman, Landmark International, Dubai-based retail group, bought a 6% stake in the UK high-street retailer Debenhams, and entered the Forbes list of billionaires,[2] and the 16th richest Indian with a net worth of USD 2 billion.[4] Micky Jagtiani a billionaire expanding his business empire from the Persian Gulf to China.

In April 2015, he was ranked 291 in the Forbes list of world billionaires, with a net worth of US$5.0 billion.[1] Philanthropy

In 2000, he established LIFE (Landmark International Foundation of Empowerment), to support underprivileged children in India, through school and healthcare development programmes, homes for destitute children, vocational and non-formal schools, community clinics and medical camps for slum-dwellers and an old age home Chennai.[1][5] References

"Micky Jagtiani". Forbes. Retrieved 29 April 2015. "CEOs Without College Degrees.". Business Week. April 5, 2009. 19# Mukesh Jagtiani:50 most influential expatriates Arab Business. "Mukesh Ambani richest Indian in Forbes list". Indian Express. Nov 13, 2008.

"Talking shop". Business Management.

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