Ep 53: Rahul Chaudhary - MD & CEO, CG Corp Global & CG Hospitality Holdings - on running a 140-year family empire

Rahul Chaudhary is the Managing Director & CEO at CG Corp
Global and CG Hospitality Holdings. And the second son of Binod
Chaudhary, who is the first & only Forbes-listed
multi-billionaire from Nepal! 


In this STIMY episode, Rahul shares what it’s like being the
4th-generation heir of a 140-year family business empire,
starting from being a sporting champion at boarding school to
striking his first business deal in New York, where everything
that could possibly go wrong, did!


And how the CG Hospitality arm has grown and even thrived during
the global pandemic.


Highlights:


3:12 Rahul’s great-grandfather, whose birth is taken as the
genesis of the Chaudhary Group

6:48 Core family values

10:43 Always focusing on the good

18:02 Civil war in Nepal

20:30 Striking his first business deal, where everything went
wrong

28:34 Leaving the US for opportunities in Asia

31:54 Forging a partnership with the Taj Group

39:44 Creating CG’s own hospitality brand, Zinc

42:19 Entering Dubai

46:25 Starting Prestellar Ventures, CG’s own VC fund

51:17 The CG Foundation & how it’s helped out during the
2015 earthquake in Nepal & the global pandemic

54:45 Becoming aware of the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic

59:36 Changes that have allowed CG’s hotels to thrive during
the pandemic






Show notes: www.sothisismywhy.com/53 


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