Girish Jhunjhnuwala

Girish Jhunjhnuwala (born 1963) is an Indian hotelier based in Hong Kong. He is the founder of Ovolo Group, an independent hotel group headquartered in Hong Kong,[1] and the Chairman of Hind Group of Companies.

Girish Jhunjhnuwala
Born1963 (age 56–57)
Hong Kong
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
OccupationHotelier
OrganisationOvolo Group
TitleFounder & CEO
Spouse(s)Sarika Jhunjhnuwala
Children3
Websitewww.girishj.com

Biography

Girish Jhunjhnuwala was born in Hong Kong in 1963.[2] In 1984 he graduated from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.[3]

He began managing his family's OEM watch business under the Hind Group of companies in Hong Kong.[4][5] He set up watch factories across the Chinese border until 1998.[6] In 2002, he sold the business and ventured into property development when, while searching for a venue for his wife's restaurant, he acquired a building on Arbuthnot Road near Hong Kong's Central district.[7] This building was developed into the first Ovolo serviced apartment.[8] According to The Standard, in 2016 Jhunjhnuwala had five boutique hotels in Australia and one serviced apartment in Hong Kong under the Ovolo Hotels Group, along with three hotels and one serviced apartment in Sydney and Melbourne, including two properties in Darling Harbour and Woolloomooloo.[9] In 2018 Ovolo acquired a hotel in Canberra.[10]

Property Location Quantity[lower-alpha 1]
Hotel, apartments and/or mixed useHong Kong4[11]
Hotel, apartments and/or mixed useAustralia6[11]

Personal life

Jhunjhnuwala is married to Sarika Jhunjhnuwala, a restaurateur. Together, the couple have three children.[12]

Awards

Notes
  1. As of 2019.

References
  1. Sabharwal, Punita. "Disruption through Design: How Girish Jhunjhnuwala's Ovolo is Reinventing the Hotel Experience". Entrepreneur India. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  2. "Innovation Pays". Hong Kong Means Business. 1 January 2017.
  3. "Profile". www.bloomberg.com.
  4. Wong, Kelis. "Home Free". The Standard Newspaper Publishing Ltd. The Standard. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  5. "Girish Jhunjhnuwala: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com.
  6. Pao, Jeff. "HK-born Indian entrepreneur builds hotel empire with a bold bet". EJ Insight. Hong Kong Economic Journal Company Limited. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  7. Tam, Luisa. "Daredevil Follows His Dreams". South China Morning Post.
  8. McMillan, Alex Frew (23 September 2010). "Success of Serviced Apartments Continues to Increase". The New York Times.
  9. Wong, Kelis (February 19, 2016). "Health and Beauty News - Home Free". The Standard.
  10. Schlesinger, Larry (16 January 2018). "Ovolo adds Canberra's Hotel Hotel to growing Australian portfolio". Australian Financial Review.
  11. Hess, Danielle (19 March 2019). "Ovolo looks to move outside Hong Kong, Australia". Hotel News Now. Smith Travel Research (STR).
  12. Gluckman, Ron. "Life After Wristwatches: Two Brothers Run Rival Hotel Chains Under the Same Corporate Umbrella". Forbes. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  13. "EY Entrepreneur Of The Year China 2016 Services Category Winner". Ernst & Young.

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