DR THUMBAY MOIDEEN

Thumbay Group

Thumbay Moideen began working for the family business aged 21 where he spent years helping to expand its operations. In the 1990s, on a chance stopover in Dubai on the way to Africa, he met a member of Ajman’s royal family and discussed establishing a medical university. His idea was later backed by the ruler of Ajman, despite Moideen’s then background in real estate and timber, and he went on to open Gulf Medical College in 1998 - the same year the company bearing his name was formed. Since then, he has established three other medical universities across the UAE and a network of diagnostic labs, pharmacies and other related businesses.