A Regal Man.
“I started with a salary of 100 rupees in my brother’s textile shop, Mr Shroff said in an interview with
The National.
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Minister pays tribute to man of humanitarian spirit
The book captures the entrepreneurial spirit that powered the growth of the Emirates from the days before the Union. Vasu Shroff, seated, chairman of the Regal Group, in a family photo during the Diwali festival in 2015. His grandson Krish, left, convinced him to write a book about his life in Dubai. Courtesy: Shroff family
Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, Minister of Tolerance and Co-existence, in a foreword said he admired Mr Shroff’s service to the UAE and business ventures.
Dubai: The life and lessons of Vasu Shroff, an Indian business patriarch in Dubai, is now available in a book with a foreword written by the UAE’s Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan.
Chairman of the Regal Group of Companies, Shroff, 80, was the first Indian business leader to receive the UAE’s golden visa in May 2019 and he is also a 2017 recipient of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, India’s highest civilian award for overseas citizens.
Titled “A Regal Man The Life and Lessons of Vasu Shroff,” the biography written by award-winning writer Priya Kumar is an attempt by Shroff’s grandson Krish Shroff to share the story of his “Dada (grandfather), an incredibly successful man not just in business, but in philanthropy and life.”
Indian businessman, who landed in UAE in 1960, to release biography
Vasudev Shamdas Shroff. -
Vasudev Shamdas Shroff started off with one store and now has businesses across the Gulf.
Dubai-based Indian businessman Vasudev Shamdas Shroff, chairman, Regal Group, is all set to unveil his biography on April 7.
The book, authored by bestselling author Priya Kumar, highlights the journey of the octogenarian, who arrived in the UAE in 1960 on a vessel called the
MV Dara from Mumbai.
He started off the family business with one trading store. Now, the group has multiple businesses across the GCC.
Shroff is popularly addressed as ‘Vasuji’ in the non-resident Indian (NRI) community.