NRI businessman, richest
MP-aspirant in Kerala's electoral history
Kerala, March, 13, 2004
Mr P V Abdul Wahab filed his nomination papers here on Friday for the
ensuing Rajya Sabha polls for three seats fallen vacant. Wahab replaces
the late League Secretary Korambayil Ahmed Haji, Rajya Sabha MP. He
is the Muslim League's Rajya Sabha nominee and the richest MP-aspirant
in Kerala's electoral history.
Wahab will now be the League's star spokesman in place
of the fiery-tongued G M Banatwala of Mumbai whom the League recently
dumped unceremoniously.
Profile of Mr. P.V. Abdul Wahab
Mr. Abdul Wahab,
a NRI businessman, has declared that he was totally worth of Rs 130
crores.
The game plan has always been gumption, the Modus Operandi has always
been optimism. It is this unstinted spirit that drives the transformation
of Mr. P.V. Abdul Wahab from an ordinary man into a dynamic entrepreneur.
The instance desire of his father, Late P.V. Alavikutty and mother Mrs.
Fathima, to make their eldest son a college professor, coupled with
his own unfulfilled ambition to become an automobile engineer, resulted
in laying the solid foundation of Peevees Public School in his own village,
Nilambur, in order that many young aspirants might fulfill his deprived
boyhood desire of becoming an automobile engineer.
When the ladder of success takes one right to the pinnacle, everything
around reflects the finest in quality, the best in class. Mr. Wahab's
business portfolio includes a conglomerate spread across India and the
Middle East.
Notable among them are the
His U.A.E based businesses:
BRIDGE WAY GROUP OF COMPANIES - Bridge way Trading Establishment,
Dubai, Bridge way Real Estate Promoting KARAMA CENTRE, Bridge way Shipping
and Freight Forwarders, Bridge way Contracting Company, Bridge way Maintenance
Company, AL OWAIS General Trading, AL WAQAYA Pharmacy, Appolo Medical
Centre, Coconut Grove Restaurant, RABAT-AL-ZAINA Restaurant, Volga Restaurant,
House of Tools, Dubai and The Abu Dhabi based Bridge way Trading Establishment,
AL RAYIQA Trading company And Emirates Tools Establishment.
His interest in Indian companies include
the Indus Motors - Calicut, Trivandrum, Kochi, Kottayam, Canannore,
Kanhagad (Agents for Maruti, Yamaha etc.) Feroke Plywood Factory, Arun
Processors Erode (Textiles), Bridge way Textiles, Tirupur, Peevees Triton
- Marine Drive Project Kochi and the Mobil(U.S.A.) Peevees Petroleum
Products (a Rs. 275 Crore Project at Chaliyam near Calicut).
Sustaining an appropriate balance between results, integrity and concern
for humanity, the Peevees Public School has become the apple of his
eye.
He is associated with various cultural and social organization.
Member of Rajiv Gandhi International Sports Foundation, Malabar Development
Board, Malabar Chamber of Commerce and Chairman, MADAC (MALABAR AIRPORT
DEVELOPMENT ACTION COMMITTEE).
NRI Award: Mr. P.V. Abdul Wahab was awarded
the Lions Excellence Award for the year 1997 by the Lions District 324-E1
Governor, Lion Riyaz Ahamed for his outstanding service as an NRI, in
the field of social, economic and educational advancement of Kerala.
"Hard work, determination and the goodwill of my father, these
two elements constitute what I am today", says Mr. Wahab. Those
intimidating words, constitute the typically reassuring words of this
great philanthropist.