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| image = PNC Menon Chairman Emeritus Sobha Developers.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|12 December 1948}}
| birth_place = [[Vadakkencherry]], [[Palakkad district]]
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| nationality = [[Omani]]
| alma_mater = [[Sree Kerala Varma College]], [[Thrissur]]
| employer = Founder and Chairman of [[Sobha Ltd.]]
| occupation = Business
| net_worth = $1.23 Billion <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/pnc-menon/?list=rtb|title = P.N.C. Menon}}</ref>
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'''Puthan Naduvakkatt Chenthamaraksha Menon''' or '''PNC Menon''' is an Indian-born Omani billionaire businessman<ref>{{cite web|title=Forecast 2015: PNC Menon|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/forecast-2015-pnc-menon-577002.html|website=Arabian Business|accessdate=26 April 2016}}</ref> hailing from [[Thrissur]] in [[Kerala]]. He is the Founder and Chairman of [[Sobha Ltd.|Sobha Ltd]] (Formerly Sobha Developers Ltd)<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-03-07/news/37532221_1_pnc-menon-sobha-group-sobha-developers
|title=Sobha group founder PNC Menon to give 50% of fortune to charity: Report
|publisher=The Economic Times
|accessdate=2013-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/B5hGrQLjVwGaNIBh4zClKO/A-career-built-brick-by-brick.html
|title=A career built brick by brick
|date=24 June 2011
|publisher=Mint.com
|accessdate=2013-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/newsmaker-pnc-menon-113031400695_1.html
|title=Newsmaker: PNC Menon
|newspaper=Business Standard India
|date=14 March 2013
|publisher=Business Standard
|accessdate=2013-06-04|last1=Bose
|first1=Praveen
}}</ref>& Sobha LLC.<ref>{{cite web|title=An Inevitable Cycle: Interview with PNC Menon, Sobha Group - Construction Business News Middle East|url=http://www.cbnme.com/interviews/an-inevitable-cycle/|website=Construction Business News Middle East|accessdate=26 April 2016|language=en-US|date=18 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Pnc investments corporate overview|url=https://issuu.com/jannayerman/docs/pnc_investments_corporate_overview5|accessdate=26 April 2016}}</ref>

==Biography==
Menon was born on 12 December 1948
. As his father was doing business in [[Thrissur]], he grew and studied there. At the age of 10, he lost his father. Afterwards, he dropped out of [[Sree Kerala Varma College]], [[Thrissur]], to do interior decoration business without completing his education. At the age of 26, he left [[Kerala]] for [[Oman]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Editor|first1=Saifur Rahman, Business|title=A rags-to-riches developer's story with a difference|url=http://gulfnews.com/business/property/a-rags-to-riches-developer-s-story-with-a-difference-1.911006|accessdate=25 April 2016|work=GulfNews|date=21 October 2011}}</ref> where over the years he developed his interior decoration business into a profitable venture. In 1995, he started Sobha Ltd. in [[Bangalore]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Forbes Asia |title=Arabia-Asia: P.N.C. Menon's Real Estate Empire Spans India and the Gulf|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2012/10/11/arabia-asia-p-n-c-menons-real-estate-empire-spans-india-and-teh-g/#246c970a971f|website=Forbes|accessdate=25 April 2016}}</ref> named after his wife. He is married to Sobha and has two daughters, Bindu and Revathi, and one son Ravi Menon.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/indian-power-list-2011-425040.html?view=profile&itemid=424966
|title=Indian Power List 2011
|publisher=Arabian Business
|accessdate=2011-11-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.livemint.com/2011/06/24203710/A-career-built-brick-by-brick.html
|title=A career built brick by brick
|publisher=Livemint
|accessdate=2011-11-08}}</ref>

==Philanthropy==

P.N.C. Menon, established the Sri Kurumba Educational & Charitable Trust<ref>{{cite news|title=Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Three Other Indians on Forbes' Philanthropy List|url=http://www.indiacsr.in/en/kiran-mazumdar-shaw-three-other-indians-on-forbes-philanthropy-list/|accessdate=25 June 2015|work=indiacsr.in|agency=indiacsr|date=2 June 2013}}</ref> in 1994, a year before he founded Sobha Developers. The trust adopted [[Vadakkenchery]] and Kizhakkenchery - two Panchayats each consisting 2 villages in [[Palakkad district]], Kerala,<ref>{{cite news|title=CSR project: Sobha Group's PNC Menon developing Kerala's Palakkad region & educating children|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-10-27/news/43416289_1_sobha-group-meydan-group-pnc-menon|accessdate=25 June 2015|work=The Economic Times|publisher=S Sanandakumar|date=24 June 2011}}</ref> his native state, in 2006. In the adopted villages, the trust helps families with very low monthly income and provides education to children from 2,500 poor families (about 11000 people).<ref>{{cite news|title=PNC Menon - built to last|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/pnc-menon-built-last-497572.html|accessdate=25 June 2015|work=Arabian Business Publishing Ltd.|agency=arabianbusiness.com|date=12 April 2013}}</ref> PNC Menon and his wife Sobha joined [[The Giving Pledge]] list a philanthropic initiative started by [[Warren Buffett]], former [[Microsoft]] chairman [[Bill Gates]] and his wife [[Melinda Gates|Melinda]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, PNC Menon join The Giving Pledge list - Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Kiran-Mazumdar-Shaw-PNC-Menon-join-The-Giving-Pledge-list/articleshow/52541569.cms|accessdate=9 June 2016|work=The Times of India|date=1 June 2016}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
[[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil with the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman awardees for 2009, at the 7th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, in Chennai on January 09, 2009.jpg|thumb|Menon (2nd from right) , other awardees stand along with [[President of India]] at award ceremony of [[Pravasi Bharatiya Samman]]]]
*2015: Arabian Indian Czar Award from News Channel Times Now <ref>{{cite news|title=PNC Menon honoured with Arabian Indian Czar Award|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/real-estate/sobhas-pnc-menon-honoured/article7382543.ece|accessdate=6 July 2015|work=The Hindu Business Line|agency=thehindubusinessline.com|publisher=Anil Urs|date=3 July 2015}}</ref>
* 2015: Management Leadership Excellence Award from Calicut Management Association<ref>{{cite web|title=Management Leadership Excellence Award|url=http://cmacalicut.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cma.pdf|website=cmacalicut.org|publisher=CALICUT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION|accessdate=7 April 2015}}</ref>
*2014: Golden Peacock Lifetime Achievement Award for Business Leadership from Golden Peacock Awards <ref>{{cite web|title=P.N.C Menon, Chairman Emeritus, Sobha Developers receives Golden Peacock Life Time Achievement Award 2014 |url=http://goldenpeacockawards.com/leadershipawards/leadershipwinner11.html|website=goldenpeacockawards.com|accessdate=10 June 2015}}</ref>
* 2014: Dhanam Lifetime Achievement Award from Business Magazine Dhanam <ref>{{cite news|title=Dhanam Business Excellence Awards 2013 Announced|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/Dhanam-Business-Excellence-Awards-2013-Announced/2014/06/19/article2287842.ece|accessdate=10 June 2015|work=newindianexpress.com|agency=newindianexpress|publisher=Express News Service|date=19 June 2014}}</ref>
* 2014: Malayalee Business Achiever Award from Pegasus Group <ref>{{cite news|title=P N C Menon, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Sobha Ltd wins MBA Award 2014 |url=http://www.uniquetimes.org/press-release-of-mba-award-2014/|accessdate=7 April 2015|work=uniquetimes|agency=uniquetimes.org|date=27 December 2014}}</ref>
* 2014: Featured among top businessmen on Faces of UAE https://facesofuae.com/faces/pnc-menon (formerly Faces of Dubai) <ref>{{cite web|title=PNC Menon|url=https://facesofuae.com/faces/pnc-menon|accessdate=7 April 2015|work=FacesofUAE|agency=facesofuae.com|date=27 December 2014}}</ref>
* 2014: Excellence in Business Award for corporate Social Responsibility by The Times of India <ref>{{cite news|title=Excellence in Business Award for Corporate Social Responsibility' by The Times of India|url=http://csr.einnews.com/article/222374685/h3DmV7Z_UtTVTqVW|accessdate=7 April 2015|work=einnews|agency=csr.einnews.com|date=6 September 2014}}</ref>
* 2013: Business Man of the Year from State Forum of Bankers Clubs Kerala <ref>{{cite news|title=Sate forum of bankers clubs kerala awards 2013|url=http://keralabiznews.com/5172/state-forum-of-bankers-clubs-kerala-awards-2013|accessdate=7 April 2015|work=keralabiznews.com|agency=keralabiznews.com|date=28 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Business Man of the Year – Mr. PNC Menon|url=http://profit.ndtv.com/stock/sobha-ltd_sobha/reports|accessdate=7 April 2015|work=NDTV Profit|agency=profit.ndtv.com}}</ref>
*2013: 4th Rank in Top 100 Indians in UAE by [[Forbes]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Forbes Unveils Top Indian Business Honchos in UAE|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/Forbes-Unveils-Top-Indian-Business-Honchos-in-UAE/802019|accessdate=7 April 2015|work=Ooutlookindia|agency=outlookindia.com|date=27 June 2013}}</ref>
* 2013: Lifetime Achievement Award, from [[NDTV]]<ref>{{cite news|title=PNC Menon receives the Lifetime Achievement Award at the NDTV Property Awards|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k13/jun/junrel16.php|accessdate=7 April 2015|agency=indiantelevision.com|issue=indiantelevision|date=4 Jun 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=NDTV Property Awards|url=http://www.bestmediainfo.com/2013/06/inaugural-ndtv-property-awards-kicks-off-in-style/|accessdate=7 April 2015|work=bestmediainfo|agency=bestmediainfo.com|date=4 June 2013}}</ref>
* 2012: Special Recognition for "Dedicated Service to Civil Engineering and the Construction Industry" - Civil-Aid Techno Clinic Pvt. Ltd.<ref>{{cite web|title=CWAB'Y Award 2012 Platinum Award of Excellence|url=http://www.constructionworld.in/News/CWAB-Y-Award-2012-%7C-Platinum-Award-of-Excellence-%7C-Sobha-Developers-/34212|website=constructionworld|accessdate=25 April 2016}}</ref>
*2009: [[Pravasi Bharatiya Samman]], by the Government of India<ref>{{cite web|title=PNC MENON, industrialist and philanthropist, was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman for social service and numerous charitable projects in India|url=http://indiaempire.com/v1/2009/February/pravasi_diaspora2.asp|website=INDIA EMPIRE|publisher=indiaempire.com|accessdate=4 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=India and Oman Bilateral Relations|url=http://www.indemb-oman.org/inner.aspx?type=Menu&id=16|website=indemb-oman.org|publisher=Indian Embassy, Oman|accessdate=4 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118040639/http://indemb-oman.org/inner.aspx?type=Menu&id=16|archive-date=18 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1948 births]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Thrissur]]
[[Category:Indian industrialists]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to Oman]]
[[Category:Omani billionaires]]

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