Shamsheer Vayalil
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Shamsheer Vayalil

India 49 years old

Overview

Source of Wealth
Healthcare
Industry
Healthcare
Residence
Abu Dhabi
Marital Status
Married
Children
4

Assets

  • Amanat Holdings
    525,000,000 shares @ -
    -
    AMANAT-AE
  • Burjeel Holdings
    3,903,900,000 shares @ -
    -
    BURJEEL-AE
  • Response Plus Holdings
    108,000,000 shares @ -
    -
    RPM-AE

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.

About

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.