Middle East construction magnate's $5.3 billion (revenue) RP Group expanded into Kuwait last year after securing 3 projects from the Kuwait National Petroleum. In August he pledged to employ 3,000 Indians from the thousands who had lost their jobs in Saudi Arabia due to an economic slowdown. Other assets include hotels in Dubai and his native Kerala state.
His daughter's 4-day wedding gala last November had 60,000 guests