Business Person of the year 2019

Following the 2016 seizure and subsequent sale of Crane Bank, a bank where Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia was the second biggest majority shareholder, the businessman put up a spirited quest for justice. This 2019 he secured several wins, not just for himself alone but for several other shareholders who had lost their banks in a similar manner. Regardless of the closure of the bank, the businessman has steadied course focusing most of his energies in real estate, hospitality, education and philanthropy. For this and more, he has been named the CEO EA Magazine’s Business Person of the Year, 2019.