Sunny Varkey Net Worth
Sunny Varkey Net Worth: Sunny Varkey is an Indian entrepreneur with a net worth of $1.6 billion. This year, Sunny Varkey entered the Global Rich List as Chairman of GEMS Education, an international K-12 education company that owns and operates high-performing schools. Born to an expat Indian teacher who moved to Dubai in 1959, he never attended high school.
Before getting the chance to take over his parents’ Our Own English School in 1980, Varkey did just about everything, from laying bricks for school buildings to driving school buses. Today, GEMS Education is the world’s largest operator of private K-12 schools. It has established a network of 132 schools, accommodating 142,000 students and 13,400 staff, mainly teachers, across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, China and India. As part of its charter, GEMS has a consulting firm that advises governments and non-profit organizations, and a GEMS Foundation dedicated to improving the lives of 100 underprivileged children for every child enrolled in a GEMS school. Bill Clinton serves as President Emeritus of Varkey’s GEMS Foundation.
