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Rizwan Sajan
Born (1963-12-27) December 27, 1963 (age 60)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Citizenship
  • India
  • United Arab Emirates[1]
Alma materUniversity of Mumbai
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur and Founder of Danube Group
Children1

Rizwan Sajan (born December 27, 1963, Mumbai, India) is UAE-based Non-Resident Indian businessman and the founder of Danube Group.[2][3][4]

Early life[edit]

Rizwan was born to a middle-class family in Ghatkopar, Mumbai, Maharashtra.[5][6] His father died when he was at the age of 16[7] which forced him to drop his education and start his career as a street vendor to support his family. He sold books, and crackers and delivered milk.[8] At the age of 18, Rizwan went to work at his uncle's building materials shop in Kuwait. The Gulf War in 1991 forced him to return to Mumbai.[5][9][10][11]

Career[edit]

In 1993, Rizwan started a trading business which gradually helped him to expand into various sectors, establishing Milano, a sanitary solutions brand in 2006 followed by Danube Home for home furnishing in 2008, and Alucopanel, specializing in aluminium composite panels, in 2012.[5][12]

Rizwan is the founder and chairman of Danube Group, a conglomerate consisting of various subsidiaries.[13] He was involved in the work to introduce the Filmfare Awards to the Middle East.[14][15] In 2021 he announced construction of a residential tower 'Fashionz' in collaboration with FashionTV,[16][17][18] and later they started the Middle East's largest indoor sports facility, Danube Sports World.[19]

Philanthropy[edit]

In 2023, Rizwan donated AED 5 million towards the UAE Government's 1 Billion Meals Endowment Initiative.[20][21] He founded the Danube Welfare Center, which works to train unskilled workers.[4][22]

Awards and recognition[edit]

References[edit]

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  7. ^ vinutha.d. "ರಸ್ತೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಮಾರುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ, ಈಗ ದುಬೈನಲ್ಲಿ ಅತೀ ಶ್ರೀಮಂತ ಭಾರತೀಯ, ಬೆರಗಾಗಿಸುತ್ತೆ ಒಟ್ಟು ಆಸ್ತಿ ಮೌಲ್ಯ!". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Kannada). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Success Story : पैशांसाठी दूध विकलं; नोकरीला परदेशात गेला अन् २० हजार कोटींचा मालक झाला; वाचा यशोगाथा". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
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