Jasminder Singh | |
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Born | April 1951 (age 73)
Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika (now Tanzania) |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Founder, Edwardian Hotels |
Title | Chairman and CEO, Edwardian Hotels |
Spouse | Amrit Singh |
Children | 4 |
Jasminder Singh OBE (born April 1951) is a British billionaire businessman. [1]
According to the Sunday Times Rich List List in 2019, Singh is worth £1.1 billion. [2]
Jasminder Singh was born in April 1951, [3] in Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika (now Tanzania) in an Indian family. [4] [5] He is the son of Bal Mohinder Singh, and they moved to the UK from Kenya in 1973, and first ran a post office together. [6]
Singh first worked as an accountant. [7] He then began working in the hotel industry for his uncle. [7] Eventually, he was able to buy out his uncle. [7]
Through Edwardian Hotels, of which he is the chairman and CEO, Singh owns or co-owns 12 luxury hotels in central London, under the Radisson Blu Edwardian brand, and the 404-room May Fair Hotel. [1]
Singh is married to Amrit Singh, an interior decorator, and they live in Tetworth Hall, [8] a large country house near Ascot, and London. [1] [5]
In November 2013, Jasminder's father 86-year-old Bal Mohinder Singh was taking legal action against his sons Jasminder, 62, and Herinder, 46, for about £50 million of Jasminder's reported wealth of £400 million. [8] [9] All three families had lived together at Tetworth Hall, until Herinder fell out with Jasminder and left. [9] Due to the father's frail health, the hearing in November 2013 was taking place at the May Fair Hotel, rather than a normal courtroom. [9] In April 2014, Judge William Blackburne dismissed the claim which he said had been entered "in all good faith". [10]
His son Inderneel Singh, is managing director, of London's May Fair Hotel. [11]
In 2007, Singh was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the hotel industry. [12]
Jasminder Singh | |
---|---|
Born | April 1951 (age 73)
Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika (now Tanzania) |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Founder, Edwardian Hotels |
Title | Chairman and CEO, Edwardian Hotels |
Spouse | Amrit Singh |
Children | 4 |
Jasminder Singh OBE (born April 1951) is a British billionaire businessman. [1]
According to the Sunday Times Rich List List in 2019, Singh is worth £1.1 billion. [2]
Jasminder Singh was born in April 1951, [3] in Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika (now Tanzania) in an Indian family. [4] [5] He is the son of Bal Mohinder Singh, and they moved to the UK from Kenya in 1973, and first ran a post office together. [6]
Singh first worked as an accountant. [7] He then began working in the hotel industry for his uncle. [7] Eventually, he was able to buy out his uncle. [7]
Through Edwardian Hotels, of which he is the chairman and CEO, Singh owns or co-owns 12 luxury hotels in central London, under the Radisson Blu Edwardian brand, and the 404-room May Fair Hotel. [1]
Singh is married to Amrit Singh, an interior decorator, and they live in Tetworth Hall, [8] a large country house near Ascot, and London. [1] [5]
In November 2013, Jasminder's father 86-year-old Bal Mohinder Singh was taking legal action against his sons Jasminder, 62, and Herinder, 46, for about £50 million of Jasminder's reported wealth of £400 million. [8] [9] All three families had lived together at Tetworth Hall, until Herinder fell out with Jasminder and left. [9] Due to the father's frail health, the hearing in November 2013 was taking place at the May Fair Hotel, rather than a normal courtroom. [9] In April 2014, Judge William Blackburne dismissed the claim which he said had been entered "in all good faith". [10]
His son Inderneel Singh, is managing director, of London's May Fair Hotel. [11]
In 2007, Singh was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the hotel industry. [12]