Girish Jhunjhnuwala


Girish Jhunjhnuwala is an Indian hotelier based in Hong Kong. He is the founder of Ovolo Group, an independent hotel group headquartered in Hong Kong, and the Chairman of Hind Group of Companies.

Biography

Girish Jhunjhnuwala was born in Hong Kong in 1963. In 1984 he graduated from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
He began managing his family's OEM watch business under the Hind Group of companies in Hong Kong. He set up watch factories across the Chinese border until 1998. 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. This building was developed into the first Ovolo serviced apartment. 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. In 2018 Ovolo acquired a hotel in Canberra.
PropertyLocationQuantity
Hotel, apartments and/or mixed useHong Kong4
Hotel, apartments and/or mixed useAustralia6

Personal life

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

Awards