Rasik Thakker has lived in the UAE for the last 25 years. He started out in Dubai in 1987 and now Flemingo Duty Free is the leading duty free operator in India. Based in Jebel Ali in Dubai, the company was founded in 1997 and is Dubai’s only privately-owned duty free company. Flemingo Duty Free has 62 retail locations across India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Tanzania and Dubai. Thakker also has business interests in Dynamic Traders, a perfume retailer, Blue Chip Computer and Crown Paper Mill, which manufactures paper tissues and other paper goods.