Rizwan Sajan


Rizwan Sajan, is an Indian businessman. He is based in UAE. He is founder and chairman of Danube Group, UAE's largest diversified conglomerates with interests in building materials, property, construction.

Early life

Sajan was born in a middle-class family in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He lost his father at the age of 12. As a teenager, he started selling books and fireworks to support his family. At the age of 18, he went to Kuwait for a job but the Kuwait war changed everything and he had to return to Mumbai in 1991.
Then He moved to Dubai in 1993 and started working at a hardware store. He started his own business with his wife Sameera Sajan, and she was his first employee. He established Danube as a small trading firm in 1993. Today the company's turnover exceeds $1.4 billion and has operations in over 50 plus locations globally, 3,300 plus employees across the world.

Philanthropy

In November 2012, Sajan started the Danube Welfare Society as part of its corporate social responsibility plans. The society offers a plethora of free training courses to help unskilled workers improve their language skills and further develop their careers.

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