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Chadha's newest venture is a hotel concept called [[citizenM]], with its first two hotels opening in 2008 and 2009 in [[Amsterdam]]. The third hotel opened in Glasgow, Scotland in August 2010 with the first London hotel opened in the summer of 2012. Further hotels in London, Rotterdam and one in New York are scheduled. Chadha is chairman of the citizenM company.{{fact|date=December 2017}}
Chadha's newest venture is a hotel concept called [[citizenM]], with its first two hotels opening in 2008 and 2009 in [[Amsterdam]]. The third hotel opened in Glasgow, Scotland in August 2010 with the first London hotel opened in the summer of 2012. Further hotels in London, Rotterdam and one in New York are scheduled. Chadha is chairman of the citizenM company.{{fact|date=December 2017}}


Chadha is the president and owner of Royal Mougins Golf Club, an 18-hole course located in the [[Mougins]] area of France.{{fact|date=December 2017}} In 2000, Rattan was knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands as a Ridder for his entrepreneurial success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themarque.com/members/rattan-chadha|title=Rattan Chadha - THE MARQUE|publisher=|accessdate=20 December 2017}}</ref>
Chadha is the president and owner of Royal Mougins Golf Club, an 18-hole course located in the [[Mougins]] area of France.{{fact|date=December 2017}} In 2000, Rattan was knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands as a Ridder for his entrepreneurial success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themarque.com/members/rattan-chadha|title=Rattan Chadha's Official Profile on The Marque|publisher=|accessdate=20 December 2017}}</ref>


Chadha has been named in the [[Panama Papers]] as one of the people with offshore accounts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2016/04/88196-2/|title=Former top tax judge among Dutch nationals in Panama Paper leaks - DutchNews.nl|date=5 April 2016|publisher=|accessdate=20 December 2017}}</ref>
Chadha has been named in the [[Panama Papers]] as one of the people with offshore accounts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2016/04/88196-2/|title=Former top tax judge among Dutch nationals in Panama Paper leaks - DutchNews.nl|date=5 April 2016|publisher=|accessdate=20 December 2017}}</ref>

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Rattan Chadha
Born
Kul Rattan Chadha

(1949-08-06) 6 August 1949 (age 75)
Delhi, India
NationalityIndian/Dutch
Occupation(s)founder and chairman, CitizenM
Known forfounder and former CEO, Mexx

Kul Rattan Chadha (born 6 August 1949) is an Indian-born Dutch businessman, founder and former CEO of the Mexx clothing company and more recently chairman of the CitizenM hotel chain which he founded in 2007.

Born into a well-to-do family of steel manufacturers in Delhi, he moved to the Netherlands in 1971, where he started importing clothes from India and the Far East. He launched two lines of clothing in 1980, "Moustache" for men, and "Emanuelle" for women, which he merged in 1986 to Mexx. In 2001, Chadha sold most of the company for several hundred million dollars to Liz Claiborne Inc. Chadha, who resides in Wassenaar, remained CEO of the company until 1 December 2006. He is considering opening a museum for contemporary art in Amsterdam containing living and working spaces for artists and, to start, housing his own collection.[citation needed]

Chadha's newest venture is a hotel concept called citizenM, with its first two hotels opening in 2008 and 2009 in Amsterdam. The third hotel opened in Glasgow, Scotland in August 2010 with the first London hotel opened in the summer of 2012. Further hotels in London, Rotterdam and one in New York are scheduled. Chadha is chairman of the citizenM company.[citation needed]

Chadha is the president and owner of Royal Mougins Golf Club, an 18-hole course located in the Mougins area of France.[citation needed] In 2000, Rattan was knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands as a Ridder for his entrepreneurial success.[1]

Chadha has been named in the Panama Papers as one of the people with offshore accounts.[2]

Personal life

He has three children: Natascha Chadha, Robin Chadha and Noreen Chadha.[citation needed]

His partner and girlfriend is Catia Von Huetz,[3] and they live in Amsterdam.

References

  1. ^ "Rattan Chadha's Official Profile on The Marque". Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Former top tax judge among Dutch nationals in Panama Paper leaks - DutchNews.nl". 5 April 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Thank You". Retrieved 20 December 2017.