healthcare education medical research retail pharmacy health communication retail opticals wellness nutrition stores hospitality real estate publishing trading marketing & distribution founded 1997 headquarters united arab emirates area served middle east key people thumbay moideen founder president akbar moideen thumbay director operations healthcare & retail divisions number of employees 2200 july 2013 1 slogan growth through innovation website official website thumbay group is a uae based diversified group headquartered in difc dubai with operations in education healthcare medical research diagnostics wellness retail publishing real estate hospitality trading and distribution . the group is headed by thumbay moideen who is the founder and president . 1 thumbay group is the owner of gulf medical university and chain of gmc hospitals . contents 1 history 2 brands 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1997 thumbay moideen was the first expatriate to be invited by the rulers of ajman to start a medical college in the uae . thumbay group s first venture gulf medical university was established to meet the needs of students wishing to pursue higher education in medicine and healthcare sciences . 1 this ultimately became a destination for medical education not only for local students but for students from over 70 countries and staff from 22 countries . 1 1 2 thumbay group has set up business operations in 13 sectors over the course of 16 years . 1 today the group has developed interests in education hospitals medical centers diagnostic centers health clubs pharmacies retail outlets coffee shops and nutrition stores spread out across the emirates . 1 2 the organization has more than 2200 employees in the uae . presently thumbay group is listed among the top 100 companies making an impact in the arab world by forbes middle east . 3 brands edit thumbay group also owns the following business enterprises 4 gulf medical university the flagship project of thumbay group the university caters to students of 70 nationalities and offers courses in medicine and healthcare ranging from bachelor s to masters from short term to online courses . gmc hospitals gmc hospital is the constituent private teaching university hospitals of gulf medical university . thumbay hospital a chain of 24 hours retail pharmacies catering to the requirement of medical surgical specialties in the region . branches of gmc pharmacies are located in ajman fujairah and sharjah . thumbay labs a chain of diagnostic laboratories . branches of gmc diagnostics are located in ajman fujairah and sharjah . health communications division the health communications division assists in the delivery of programs conferences workshops symposia and seminars . body and soul health club & spa a chain of health clubs and spas with branches in ajman sharjah and dubai . blends and brews coffee shoppe located at ajman dubai and sharjah the terrace restaurant a chain of restaurants . zo & mo opticals a chain of optical shops in ajman and fujairah . nutri plus vita store a chain of nutrition stores . health magazine health magazine is a bi monthly bilingual magazine published by gulf medical university focusing on health & lifestyle in the gcc region . thumbay builders the construction and real estate arm of thumbay group involved in pre construction construction implementation building construction post construction and project support . thumbay marketing & trading distribution company tmdc is involved in trading marketing and distribution of multiple product lines . see also edit thumbay moideen gulf medical university gmc hospital references edit a b c d e f g thumbay website . thumbay.com . a b thumbay group among forbes me top 100 in arab world . daijiworld.com . 2013 05 22 . retrieved 2013 08 23 . top 100 making an impact in the arab world . thumbay.com . june 2013 . retrieved 2013 08 23 . centres of excellence . july 2013 . retrieved 2013 12 18 . external links edit thumbay group official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title thumbay group & oldid 723419738 categories companies of the united arab emirateshidden categories pages using duplicate arguments in template calls navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 june 2016 at 23 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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