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Gulf Malayali Business Gulf Malayali Success Story Abraham Raju may be a low profile Malayali businessman in Muscat. But he has been able to succeed in his career and become the General Manager of a leading Shipping Company in the Gulf. Despite all odds and initial teething troubles, Raju who started his career with an ordinary job has ultimately succeeded in turning around an unknown shipping company and run it profitably for several years...He has also several other innovative plans to implement in the Gulf and back home...Watch this space.
A common joke about Overseas Keralite is that when Tensing and Hillary conquered Mount Everest the first sound that they hard there was "chay chay coffee," from a Malayali . Such silly jokes imply that Keralites started selling tea even on the top of the tallest mountain in the world before anyone else could land there! Often such awkward and embarassing jokes understimate the entreprenurial skils and business accumen of many Keralites.
Malayalis run several thousand Cafeterias,a few hundred restaurants and at least a few five star hotels
Critics say Kerala is an industrially backward state because of labour troubles and lack of entreprenurial skills. However, many successful medium and big Keralite businessman have proved that such negative remarks are not always true. Wherever they go Keralites try to make a living by doing petty or skilled jobs as well as by engaging in profitable business activities. Keralamonitor.com is starting a new series on successful and not-so-successful Overseas Keralite businessman. The state can boast of having produced leading business tycoons like Yousuf Ali of EMKE group who is said to be the richest Non Resident Indian businessman in the Middle East there are people like Biscuit King Rajan Pillai whose life ended in total mystery due to business failures.
There are several big, small and medium sized Kerala businessmen. Keralamonitor.com will feature them, irrespective of their networth or the size of business empire. The idea is to tell the real life stories of how people made it big and what caused the failures.
One, two, three Rial shops A new Dry Fruit Shop owned by a Malayali . Fantasy Restaurant to celebrate anniversary Latheef from Malappuram is a new generation businessman who has been running two restaurants in Oman (Muscat and Qariyat). Now he is preparing to celebrate the first successful business anniversary in the Gulf. He runs a chain of restaurants in Chennai and is quite satisfied with the performance in one year.-More
Construction is a major business area where some Keralites have made millions. (c)keralamonitor.com
