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Shesh Ghale

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Shesh Ghale
Shesh Ghale, CEO, Biplov Co
Born
Alma mater
OccupationEntrepreneur
SpouseJamuna Gurung

Shesh Ghale is a Nepali Australian businessman and the former president of Non Resident Nepali Association (NRNA). Based in Melbourne, Victoria, Ghale is the CEO of Melbourne Institute of Technology (MIT), which he co-founded with his wife, Jamuna Gurung.

Biography

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Born in the western Nepal village of Lamjung, Ghale undertook his initial tertiary education in the former USSR (1979 to 1986) graduating with a Master of Civil Engineering degree from the Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University. He undertook his studies on a Nepalese Government scholarship and, on returning to Nepal, worked as a highway project engineer for the Nepalese Government's transport department. Ghale relocated to Melbourne in 1990 to undertake further studies and to settle his family in Australia. He graduated from Victoria University in 1994 with a Master of Business Administration.

Ghale is the CEO and co-founder of the Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Net worth

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Ghale and Gurung first appeared on the BRW Rich 200 in 2009,[1] and jointly appeared on subsequent rich lists.[1][2][3][4][5] As of May 2023, the net worth of Gurung and Ghale was assessed by The Australian Financial Review in the 2023 Rich List as approximately A$900 million.[6]

Year Financial Review
Rich List
Forbes
Australia's 50 Richest
Rank Net worth (A$)
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Rank Net worth (US$)
2014[2] $335 million Increase
2015[2] 99 Increase $528 million Increase
2016[2] 105 Decrease $586 million Increase
2017[1][7][8] 101 Increase $647 million Increase
2018[9] 81 Increase $876 million Increase
2019[10][11] 78 Increase $1.18 billion Increase
2020[12] 105 Decrease $994 million Decrease
2021[13] 111 Decrease $1.01 billion Increase
2022 136 Decrease $1.00 billion Decrease
2023[6] 157 Decrease $900 million Decrease
Legend
Icon Description
Steady Has not changed from the previous year
Increase Has increased from the previous year
Decrease Has decreased from the previous year

Note

  • ^1 : Net worth held jointly with Jamuna Gurung.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Shesh and Jamuna Ghale merely $353 million shy of joining billionaires club but the philanthropic couple is in no hurry". Southasia. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d Khatry, Ram (27 May 2016). "Worth over half a billion dollars, gentle Ghales become 105th richest in Australia". Southasia. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Shesh Ghale buys Melbourne's 'best' corner". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Shesh Ghale ready for mountain of work on Melbourne hotel". The Australian. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ^ "MIT gets approval for twin-tower apartment and hotel complex over market and gardens". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  7. ^ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  8. ^ Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017). "Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax". Crikey. Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  9. ^ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  10. ^ Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Shesh Ghale & Jamuna Gurung: Nepalese Australians have just gotten billionaires among them". Southasia. 30 March 2019.
  12. ^ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (30 October 2020). "The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  13. ^ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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