Shamsheer Vayalil

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Biography

• Shamsheer Vayalil is founder and chairman of Burjeel Holdings, a network of hospitals, clinics and pharmacies in the Middle East.
• His net worth got a boost from the 2022 listing of Burjeel Holdings, which has used Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan as its brand ambassador.
• Born into a business family in Kerala state, he migrated to the Middle East after his medical studies and worked as a radiologist at a local hospital.
• Backed initially by his father-in-law, Gulf retailing billionaire M.A. Yusuff Ali, Vayalil started with one hospital in Abu Dhabi in 2007. Burjeel now has 19 hospitals and 29 medical centres.
• Vayalil was vice chairman of investment firm Amanat Holdings until 2022. He remains chairman of listed Response Plus Holdings, a provider of medical services.
• Egyptian national Eman Ahmed, once billed as 'the world's heaviest woman', was treated free of cost at Vayalil's Burjeel Hospital until her death in September 2017.
• Vayalil has signed the Giving Pledge.

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