Shesh Ghale
{{Short description|Australian-Nepali Businessman}}
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Shesh Ghale is a Nepalese 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 in 1963, 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 =
Ghale and Gurung first appeared on the BRW Rich 200 in 2009, and jointly appeared on subsequent rich lists.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/property/shesh-ghale-buys-melbournes-best-corner-20170601-gwhz5u.html |title=Shesh Ghale buys Melbourne's 'best' corner |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2017-06-02 |accessdate=2017-11-29}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/shesh-ghale-ready-for-mountain-of-work-on-melbourne-hotel/news-story/865ba524ce2d3c23b7612fc0a81a5360 |title=Shesh Ghale ready for mountain of work on Melbourne hotel |work=The Australian |date= |accessdate=2017-11-29}}{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/property/mit-gets-approval-for-twintower-apartment-and-hotel-complex-over-market-and-gardens-20150616-ghp4gb.html |title=MIT gets approval for twin-tower apartment and hotel complex over market and gardens |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2015-06-17 |accessdate=2017-11-29}} {{as of|2023|05}}, the net worth of Gurung and Ghale was assessed by The Australian Financial Review in the 2023 Rich List as approximately {{AUD}}900 million.
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Note
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References
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External links
- [http://www.nepaleseabroad.com/australia/shesh-ghale/ Shesh Ghale] NepaleseAbroad.com
- [https://towardsbusiness.com/shesh-ghale-net-worth-wife-biography-venture/
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Nepalese businesspeople
Category:People from Lamjung District
Category:Australian chief executives
Category:Nepalese emigrants to Australia
Category:Victoria University, Melbourne alumni
Category:Australian billionaires
Category:21st-century Nepalese businesspeople