Deepak Ohri

Graduating from the Institute of Hotel Management and the Indian Institute of Management, he started his career at the Indian Tourism Development Corporation before working at some hotel groups. Ohri's tenure has included hospitality groups Kempinski Hotels and Taj Hotels.[5]

In 2003, Ohri founded lebua Hotels & Resorts.

Starting with one single restaurant within the State Tower Bangkok, he then took the reins of Challenge Hospitality, re-branding it as lebua. Today, the State Tower Bangkok houses two hotels and 11 restaurants and bars.[6]

The brand now also has properties two properties in India[7] and one in New Zealand.

2003 – 2019

• INSEAD Business School of the World, Paris[8]
• Harvard Kennedy School, US[3]
• Harvard Business School[9]
• New York Times International Luxury Conference[10]
• WTTC, Brazil[11]
• WTTC, Thailand[12]
• WTTC, Spain[13]
• Entrepreneurial Summit of IIM Bangalore, India[14]
• India Conference, Harvard[15]
• India Conference, Columbia Business School[16]
• INSEAD Global Luxury Forum, Switzerland[17]
• World Travel and Tourism Council, Japan[18]
• Global Tourism Economy Forum, China[19]
• The Economy Hotels World Asia Conference, Singapore
• Real Estate Funds and Emerging Markets Conference, NYC[20]
• The Financial Times Business of Luxury Summit, LA[21]
• Worldwide TRI*M Conference, New York
• Forbes Global CEO Conference, Singapore[22]
• Cityscape Conference, Singapore
• World Travel and Tourism Council Global Travel and Tourism Summit.[13]

Ohri has lectured at business schools including Harvard Business School,[23] Columbia University,[24] NYU Stern School of Business,[1] and MIT Sloan.[25] He also provides mentorship to business students, giving them career advice and industry insight.