Ravi Pillay net worth
Ravi Pillay Net Worth: Ravi Pillai is an Indian businessman with a net worth of $1.7 billion. For decades, Mr. Pillay has operated in his native India and globally. He first decided to settle in Saudi Arabia after a small construction business in his home state of Kerala went bankrupt due to a strike by workers.
With the help of a local partner who provided him financial support, Pillai started over in 1979, eventually turning his RP Group of Companies into a construction group that benefited during the Middle East construction boom. Today, he is considered the largest employer in the Middle East, with a workforce of 70,000, 80% of whom are from India. He has also been investing heavily in banks, hotels, real estate and various other cost-effective assets in his home country. Among his future projects, it is worth mentioning the construction of a 280-room Crowne Plaza hotel, which is expected to open in 2016. Ravi Pillai, who owns several homes around the world and collects watches, joined the company in April 2014 by his daughter Arathi, a doctor.
