{"id":815,"date":"2021-01-12T05:48:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T05:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forbesmiddleeast.com\/lists\/?page_id=815"},"modified":"2021-01-23T17:34:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T17:34:49","slug":"faizal-kottikollan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.forbesmiddleeast.com\/lists\/top-indian-business-leaders-in-the-middle-east\/faizal-kottikollan\/","title":{"rendered":"Faizal Kottikollan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container max-width-1140 list_container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #132030;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1185.6px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div 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{.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-six title_text\" style=\"font-size:1.3em !important;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><h6 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;color:#777777;\">Top Indian Business Leaders In The Middle East 2021<\/h6><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-2{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two list_rank_number\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"title-heading-left title-heading-tag\" style=\"margin:0;color:#ffffff;\"><span class=\"rank_heading\"> Rank: <span class=\"ranking_details\">#13<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and 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class=\"ranking_details\"> Founder and Chairman <\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-5{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two list_category2\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"title-heading-left title-heading-tag\" style=\"margin:0;color:#ffffff;\"><span class=\"rank_heading\"> Company: <span class=\"ranking_details\"> KEF Holdings <\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-6{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-6 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two list_category1\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"title-heading-left title-heading-tag\" style=\"margin:0;color:#ffffff;\"><span class=\"rank_heading\"> Sector: <span class=\"ranking_details\"> Diversified <\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;letter-spacing:0.01em !Important;color:#ffffff;\"><div class=\"_22Ymv\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Kottikollon runs KEF Holdings an investment company that he founded after selling ETC, one of the largest foundries in the world, to Tyco for $400 million. The KEF group which has operations in healthcare development and infrastructure apart from other strategic investments across diversified sectors in Singapore, India, and the U.A.E. Over the last year, the group\u2019s flagship hospital, Meitra, set up the state\u2019s first Tele-ICU at Beach Hospital, Kozhikode. 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