The third-richest self-made billionaire who calls the UAE home is BR Shetty, the man behind UAE Exchange and NMC Healthcare.

According to Forbes, Shetty is a former pharma salesman who moved from Kerala to Abu Dhabi in 1972.

Initially interested in hospitals, he started building his empire in 1975 and later diversified into pharmaceuticals, financial services, retail, advertising and information technology.

The fourth-richest billionaire expat in the UAE is Ravi Pillai, with a net worth of $3.5 billion. This Indian national was born into a household of farmers.

He had earlier set up a sub-contracting business in Kerala that went bust before he moved to the Gulf. In 1978, he set up RP Group and later expanded it into a multi-billion-dollar construction firm.

Two other Indian  nationals made it to the top ten richest self-made billionaires in the UAE and they are Adani Vinodbhai Shantilal and Sunny Varkey.

Adani is a new entrant to Hurun’s self-made billionaires list and is reported to have a net worth of $2.9 billion. He is the man behind Adani Enterprises, a multinational conglomerate based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Following closely behind is Sunny Varkey with a net worth of $2.8 billion. Varkey is the owner of Gems Education  

Scroll down to know the rest of the ten richest self-made billionaires in UAE and how much they’re worth:

1.Majid Al Futtaim: $11 billion
2. Micky Jagtiani: $5.5 billion
3. MA Yusuff Ali: $5 billion
4. Hussain Sajwani: $4.3 billion
5. BR Shetty: $3.6 billion
6. Ravi Pillai: $3.5 billion
7. Khalf Al Habtoor & Family: $3.4 billion
8. Abdulla Al Futtaim: $3.1 billion
9. Adani Vinodbhai Shantilal: $2.9 billion
10. Sunny Varkey: $2.8 billion

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