RAMESH RAMAKRISHNAN

Chairman of Transworld Group

University of Mumbai graduate Ramakrishnan leads Transworld Group, a business founded in Mumbai in 1977 as a shipping agency by his late father R. Sivaswamy. After taking over the group aged 28, Ramakrishnan took a hands-on role in ship ownership, chartering, and management, among other areas, and helped the business diversify. The Dubaiheadquartered firm now has operations spanning ship owning and managing, common carrier container feeder service, NVOCC, logistics, warehousing and freight forwarding with offices in the US, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and 28 Indian cities.