Jasminder Singh (

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

: ਜਸਮਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ, born April 1951) is a British

billionaire A billionaire is a person with a net worth of at least 1,000,000,000, one billion (1,000,000,000, i.e., a thousand million) units of a given currency, usually of a major currency such as the United States dollar, euro, or pound sterling. The ...

businessman. According to the '' Sunday Times Rich List'' List in 2019, Singh is worth £1.1 billion.

Early life

Jasminder Singh was born in April 1951, in Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika (now Tanzania). 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.

Career

Singh first worked as an accountant. He then began working in the hotel industry for his uncle. Eventually, he was able to buy out his uncle. Through

Edwardian Hotels Edwardian Hotels is a British hotel company, founded by Jasminder Singh in 1975. The company has 13 hotels, mostly located in central London, England. Notable properties include the 404-room The May Fair, which was purchased from InterContinen ...

, 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.

Personal life

Singh is married to Amrit Singh, an interior decorator, and they live in Tetworth Hall, a large country house near Ascot, and London. 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. All three families had lived together at Tetworth Hall, until Herinder fell out with Jasminder and left. 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. In April 2014, Judge William Blackburne dismissed the claim which he said had been entered "in all good faith". His son Inderneel Singh, is managing director, of London's May Fair Hotel.

Honours

In 2007, Singh was appointed Officer of the

Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(OBE) for services to the hotel industry.

References

Living people 1951 births British billionaires British hoteliers People from Dar es Salaam Officers of the Order of the British Empire Conservative Party (UK) donors Businesspeople from London Tanzanian emigrants to the United Kingdom {{London-stub