#132: Building Dubai Since 1991 - Adel Sajan
Next Level Pros
Chris Lee
4.7 • 165 Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to a new episode of Next Level Pros! In this episode, we're thrilled to welcome Adel Sajan, an influential figure hailing from Dubai, where his family’s remarkable journey from humble beginnings to top real estate developers is nothing short of inspiring. Adel shares his unique experiences, from dramatic historical events impacting his family to his innovative approaches in business that have significantly shaped Dubai's skyline. Whether discussing the strategic shifts in his family business or exploring his personal entrepreneurial journey, Adel's insights are invaluable. Dive in as we explore the resilience and ingenuity behind his success.
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Highlights:
"You gotta set yourself up for luck."
"Resilience is key in transforming challenges into opportunities."
"Understanding the pulse of the customer is crucial."
"You can’t just work hard; you have to work smart."
Timestamps:
00:00: Adel Sajan and the start of his family's escape from Kuwait.
05:23: Adel discusses his father’s business and their move to Dubai.
10:51: Early struggles and the strategic decisions in Dubai during the 1990s.
16:00: Values Adel gained from his dad and his early business experiences.
22:23: Strategic business decisions and the creation of Danube Home.
30:00: Adel shares his aggressive growth plans and how to achieve them.
37:27: Transition into real estate and approaching to affordable housing.
42:50: Luxury amenities and revolutionizing Dubai’s real estate market.
48:20: The motivation behind continuing the business legacy.
53:04: Adel’s vision for the future and advice for young entrepreneurs.
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| 0:00.0 | Iraq is taking over. |
| 0:01.0 | So he's like, what does that even mean? |
| 0:02.5 | Like, you know, you've never heard of this. |
| 0:04.0 | Right. |
| 0:05.0 | You know, he's like, no, just go outside and see your balcony. |
| 0:07.0 | So he opens the balcony and they're like, tanks lined up on the streets. |
| 0:10.0 | Then we had to escape. |
| 0:12.0 | So luckily the Indian government rescued a lot of the Indians. |
| 0:14.0 | How did you escape? |
| 0:15.0 | On a fighter plate, on a fighter jet, like, so they send these huge army planes. So he didn't want to work in India. |
| 0:21.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:22.6 | Kuwait was, obviously, it was a war. |
| 0:25.8 | So you want to live somewhere close by. |
| 0:27.5 | And like, Saudi was a more conservative at that point. |
| 0:30.8 | You know, so it was just like, okay, let's just try Dubai. |
| 0:33.2 | So it was that rejection was a perfect, you know, because if had it not been or had the war not happened or had so many things that happened, you know, maybe things would have not been the same for us. |
| 0:42.3 | Maybe I would have not been at Harvard. |
| 0:43.4 | Who knows, right? |
| 0:45.5 | Me, Adel Sazen. |
| 0:46.8 | You're not going to want to miss this episode where his father came from the slums of India to ultimately becoming one of the top three developers in Dubai, where |
| 0:56.0 | Otto went and forged his own path. |
| 0:58.5 | This guy, family man, entrepreneur, hustler, shark on shark tank. |
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