Imtiaz Sooliman – Standard Bank KZN Top Business Leader 2018

			Dr India Suleiman, chairman and
founder, gift of the givers. I was
		

			a medical doctor. I practiced for
eight and a half years. I met a
		

			spiritual teacher in Istanbul in
August 1992
		

			and it's there that I've got
instruction to form gift of the
		

			givers. You said, My son, I'm not
asking you, I'm instructing you to
		

			form an organization. It will
serve all people, of all races, of
		

			all religions. Serve people with
love, kindness, compassion and
		

			mercy, but you will serve them
unconditionally. You will not
		

			expect anything in return, not
even a thank you. So I'm involved
		

			in this industry. 26 years would
give for the givers, or 28 years
		

			overall. You
		

			give us is a disaster relief
agency. That's our specialty, a
		

			humanitarian organization. We get
involved in what kind of crisis,
		

			be it, earthquakes, hurricanes,
floods, fires, war, anything to do
		

			with disaster. But over that
period of time, we found that
		

			there are periods where there is
no disaster, and we have all the
		

			infrastructure. We have the staff.
So we have 21 different categories
		

			of projects,
		

			anything that fits underwater.
Best among people are those who
		

			benefit mankind? I should say
mankind and creation. Because we
		

			have the animals, we have the
bees, we have the birds, we have
		

			every type of creation on Earth.
		

			So the projects are very, very
diverse. And of course, Manila Day
		

			is a big project for us. Last year
in three days, we did 12 million
		

			Rand for our projects in three
days per manga and a day we get
		

			involved in those kind of things
in the country, in the continent
		

			and throughout the world.
		

			Rather promise a little less and
give more than what you promise,
		

			then promise too much and don't
deliver. And whatever you do is
		

			done through you and not by you.
If you understand, there is no
		

			ego, there is no personal gain,
and that's what drives me, my work
		

			for the last 26 years, and what
that people see, and that's what
		

			makes it so successful.
		

			I.