Ram Buxani

On July 9th, 2024, Indian businessman and philanthropist Ram Buxani, who had been living in the United Arab Emirates since he came here as an 18-year-old, passed away at 83 in Dubai.

Key Points

In 1959 Buxani arrived in Dubai from India at the age of 18 to work as an office clerk with a small firm trading in textiles.
He has served as Chairman of International Traders Limited Cosmos Group, or ITL Cosmos Group. With operations across the U.A.E., Oman and India.
He rose to prominence in 1985 by helping convince the Indian government to abolish estate duty.