Rattan Chadha (

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

: रतन चड्ढा) is an Indian-born Dutch

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who founded

Mexx Mexx is a fashion brand of HVEG Fashion Group that was created in the Netherlands by Rattan Chadha in 1986 by merging his brands Moustache (for men) and Emmanuelle (for women). The brand's name is a combination of two of Chadha's previous bu ...

and served as its

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(CEO) until 2004 when he sold the company. Later, he founded private equity company KRC Capital B.V. to invest in hotels, real estate and leisure. He is also the founder of a

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, citizenM.https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/rattan-chadha-geeft-gas-met-hotel-citizenm~b58c0a1b/ He is also the owner of the Royal Mougins Golf Resort in Mougins, France.

Awards and recognition

In 2000 he was knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands as a "Ridder" for his entrepreneurial success and his various philanthropic activities. In 2004 he won the "Grand Seigneur" award of the Netherlands – the highest award in the country for excellence in branding and lifestyle marketing.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chadha, Rattan 1949 births Living people Dutch businesspeople Indian emigrants to the Netherlands Businesspeople from Delhi Dutch people of Indian descent