This document provides a summary of B. Ravi Pillai, an Indian entrepreneur and founder of the RP Group of companies. It details that he was born in 1953 in Kerala, India and started his first business there before moving to Saudi Arabia in 1978 where he founded a construction company that has since grown to employ over 70,000 people. The RP Group now has interests in construction, hospitality, steel, cement and oil/gas. Pillai has received several honors and awards from the Government of India for his work including the Padma Shri in 2010.

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B. Ravi Pillai
Founder- RP Group of Companies
B. Ravi Pillai (born 2 September 1953) is an Indian entrepreneur and the
head of RP Group of companies. A recipient of the 2008 Pravasi
Bharatiya Samman, Pillai was honored again by the Government of
India, in 2010, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma
Shri.
Early life and education
Ravi Pillai was born on 2 September 1953 at Chavara, a coastal town in
Kollam, in the South Indian state of Kerala in a family of farmers. After
graduating from a local college, he continued his studies in Business
Administration at Cochin University.
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During his time at Cochin University, he launched his first business, a chit fund in Kollam on reportedly
borrowed money. Later, he started engineering contract business and worked for some of the major industrial
houses in Kerala such as Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited, Hindustan Newsprint Limited,
and Cochin Refineries. However, a labour strike forced him to close down his business after which he went to
Saudi Arabia in 1978 where he started a small trading business. Two years later, he moved to construction
business and established Nasser Al Hajri Corporation with 150 employees,]
which has over the years grown to
become the flagship company of his business group, R. P Group, which is known to employ over 70,000
employees across its businesses. The shopping mall in South Kerala, RP Mall at Kollam city is owned by Ravi
Pillai.
Pillai has expanded his business to other countries such as United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and India and
has interests in construction, hospitality, steel, cement, and oil and gas industries. RP Group is known to hold
stakes in hotels such as Leela Kovalam, Hotel Raviz, Kollam, and WelcomHotel Raviz Kadavu, Kozhikode in
his home state of Kerala. He is also involved in health care business through Upasana Hospital and Research
Centre, a 300 bed multispecialty hospital in Kollam
Awards and recognition
Ravi Pillai, who holds a doctoral degree (Honoris Causa) from the Excelsior College, New York, was awarded
the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman by the Government of India in 2008. Three years later, in 2010, the Government
of India included him in the Republic Day honours list for the civilian honour of Padma Shri.
Forbes listed him, in 2014, in the The World's Billionaires at 988 in the world and 30 in India. Arabian
Business ranked him as the fourth most powerful Indian in the Middle East in 2014
Personal Life
Ravi Pillai is married to Smt.Geetha. He has two children; son Ganesh Ravi Pillai and daughter Arathi Ravi
Pillai.
Recently, Ravi Pillai conducted his daughter's Dr. Arthi wedding in Kollam on Nov 26 2015, with total expense
of US$ 9Million. The wedding was organized by the production designer who lent his capabilities to the
blockbuster film, Bahubali. This was supposed to be one of the most expensive wedding that happened in
Ashramom grounds in Kollam, Kerala.