Abhishek kochhar

On 27 November 2008 Abhishek Kochhar will become the ninth Indian to be awarded the Chamber Awards 2008 for the Most Promising New Business. He would also be the youngest entrepreneur to be ever honored with this award. Mr. Kochhar is also a member of the elite World Intelligence Network, which comprises 100,000 members across the globe with an IQ of 154 or higher.
Born on 14 February 1985, in New Delhi, India, Abhishek Kochhar is the MD and CEO of Global Investment Limited. The London-based investment and Risk Management firm is today one of the most sought after investment traders on global business scale. The investment portfolio of the firm comprises four large scale businesses and 15 small and medium scale Businesses with a total investment Portfolio of £350 million and employees and 247 strong workforce.
Within the period of 2 months of taking the post of MD and CEO, Abhishek has impressed a number of honorary businessmen within the British Chambers of Commerce. Sir Richard Branson, who is the 245th richest person in the world and who was honored with the same award in 1974, while speaking on the occasion said "He is a promising young businessman and will prove a big asset to the British and the global business confederation."
With a family wealth of approximately £4.5 million and 30% share holding in a £350 million company, Mr. Abhishek Kochhar also become the youngest businessman to be featured in the British television production Lifestyle of Millionaires. In the interview he credited his late sister 'Ameesha' and someone named 'Pingu' as the reason behind all his success and achievements.
Personal life
Abhishek Kochhar was the third child born in a family of businessmen and bankers. The Kochhar family is one of the well known families within the Indian social circuit with many Indian celebrities, business persons and politicians as their friends. To keep him away from the homely Privileges he was sent to the Army school in Dehradun, from where he graduated in 2002 and entered the Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi to pursue a Degree in Medicine. In 2003 he dropped out of the medical school and joined Jagan Institute of Business Studies to take up a degree in Business Administration. He graduated from the Business College with a First Class Honors Degree and ranked 8th in the University. Having completed his undergraduate degree in Business he proceeded to University College for the Creative Arts,United Kingdom to pursue an undergraduate degree in Fashion Design, from where he graduated in the 2008 with a Lower second class Honors.
Business career
His business career started in 1999. At the age of 14 and with the demise of his grandfather, he worked along with his family to rebuild the collapsing family run Firm ' Orient Craft Limited'. He worked with his family during the free time he got from his studies. By the time he graduated from High school he was well versed with all the technicalities of the Business and he increased his involvement within the firm.
In 2008 'Orient Craft limited' stood as the largest garment manufacturing export unit in India with a total of 48 manufacturing units and 17000 strong workforce. But in mid 2008 the family business was sold to the Government of India for unknown reasons.
In September 2008 Mr. Gulshan Kochhar, father of Abhishek kochhar started 'Global investment Limited'. In October 2008 Abhishek Kochhar took over the post of MD and CEO from his father and taking full advantage of the global recession and the falling takeover prices entered into a series of investment proposals.
The biggest investment proposals taken by the firm was the Launch of Spectrum Infocomm Limited (A Telecom network switch bringing together the services of AT&T, Vodaphone, Essar, Warid, and Telenor). Following this they ventured into the hospitality segment by laying the platform for the biggest Neuro-Cardiac Hospital in UK and managed to get international investments to start the project. They have also entered into a deal with the government of Dubai to open a Luxury hotel within the Burj Towers located in the city.
Mehrash the modeling agency under the 'Global Investment Limited' banner has signed a deal with Elite Modeling Ageny to launch a modeling and fashion publication across USA, UK and India in 2009.

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