Dubai-based billionaire businessman and founder of the Landmark Group Micky Jagtiani has passed away. The chairman and owner of Landmark Group was 70 and “passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family”, according to a statement by Landmark Group.

It was Micky at the helm of Landmark Group – comprising max, babyshop, Splash, homecentre and other immensely influential brands – that built up the network, first in the Gulf markets, then across the region and into India as well. His acumen enabled the Landmark Group to emerge as the region's foremost retail and hospitality conglomerate, with over 2,200 stores in 21 countries across the Middle East and Africa, as well as the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.”

Jagtiani is survived by his wife Renuka; his children Aarti and Savitar, Nisha and Kabir, and Rahul; his grandchildren Samar, Nikhil, Yohan and Aliya. The statement said he will be loved and missed by his beloved Landmark Group community.