You have to be grounded

7 Murad (left) and Ameer believe sound values make a good foundation.

Ameer Ali Mydin, managing director of the retail empire Mydin, says the group will continue to grow from strength to strength because the family is not only entrepreneurial but is grounded by the sensible core values imparted by his late father. JOY LEE reports.

THE STORY of Mydin has been told a few times over in the past few years, in part because of the fascination with how it grew into such a success from very humble roots.