Dr Azad Moopen’s astonishing track record makes him one of the most successful Indians in the Gulf’s healthcare sector. From a small office with just one doctor, Aster DM Healthcare now has 275 establishments across the GCC and India, with 13000 employees which includes 1,500 doctors and 3500 para medical staff.
His portfolio includes the Aster Medcity in Kochi, a hospital in Bangalore, two hospitals in Andhra Pradesh and a further two in Maharashtra, and that’s not to mention the facilities in the Gulf, where the Moopen story began. The company is looking at listing in India later on this year, Moopen told Indian media last week. “So you have to keep expanding if you have to have exponential growth” Moopen told us last year. “We believe very strongly that growth is the fuel for any good company and there has to be a pipeline projects.”