 A son of his, Ahmed bin Sulayem, is also prominent in business.Bin Sulayem's first job after graduating from college in the late 1970s was as a customs inspector at Dubai's then sleepy port.He told Fortune Magazine in 2008 that his future career was set when a man mistakenly came into his office one day and in the course of chatting suggested that Dubai could serve as an entrepot for the tea trade if it created a tax-free zone at the port.