Today, the Indian citizen runs two business in the UAE – a digital sign company and a digital transformation firm. Mr Moossa Alavi, 47, has invested in his businesses, stocks, property and gold, and aims to semi-retire in eight years, when he hopes to earn a monthly income of Dh100,000. My Dubai Salary‘I earn Dh25,000 as an entrepreneur after a career pivot' He currently lives in his own property with his wife and four children in Dubai’s Damac Hills 2. Mr Alavi, who comes from the southern Indian state of Kerala, has been in the UAE since 1997 and obtained his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Jaipur National University.