Moiz Rajkotwala and his brother built Rs 188 cr business from Rs. 4 lac
Moiz Rajkotwala and his brother Shabbir Rajkotwala grew born in a one-room one-kitchen house in Mumbai's Dongri district and came from humble beginnings to develop a Rs 188 crore turnover business. The boys had developed street smarts early in life as a result of their daily travel to school by public transportation. "We took the BEST bus to school every day because we couldn't afford to pay for the school bus," Moiz explains. They learned to deal with a variety of problems on their own because no elder from the family would join them. It provided them the confidence they needed later in life, when they went into company, to deal with more difficult situations. Moiz and Shabbir worked as building contractors for a few years after earning their diploma in civil engineering before launching Unitile Raised Access Floor Systems in 1994 with a Rs 4 lakh investment from their savings. False flooring is a type of raised access floor. It is a modular flooring system, simil...