Menon started his career as an interior designer in Oman in the 1970s working on projects such as the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque and Al Bustan Palace Hotel.
He later moved to Dubai and founded the Sobha Group of Companies. The property developer is building the $4bn Sobha Hartland community project in Dubai’s Mohammed Bin Rashid City, and District One with Meydan Group. Construction on Phase 3 of the Hartland Greens project crossed the 80 percent milestone in April 2020.