Jamuna Gurung (entrepreneur)

Jamuna Gurung (Nepali: जमुना गुरुङ) is an Nepali-Australian businesswomen, executive director and managing director of the Melbourne Institute of Technology, in Victoria, Australia, which she co-found with her husband, Dr Shesh Ghale.[2][3][4]

Jamuna Gurung
जमुना गुरुङ
Born
Nepal
NationalityAustralian
Alma materSwinburne University of Technology
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forCo-founder, Melbourne Institute of Technology
Net worth A$994 million (AFR 2020)[1]
Spouse(s)Shesh Ghale

Gurung was born in Nepal and, came to Australia in 1991 to undertake studies. She graduated with a Bachelor of Business majoring in Marketing and Management from the Swinburne University of Technology.

Net worth

Gurung and her husband, Ghale, are the first billionaires in the global Nepalese diaspora and the only second billionaire of Nepalese origin.[5]

Gurung and Ghale first appeared on the BRW Rich 200 in 2009,[5] and jointly appeared on subsequent rich lists.[5][6][7][8][9] With a net worth of approximately A$1.18 billion in 2019, Gurung and Ghale were named by The Australian Financial Review Rich List as the 78th richest Australians.[10][11] They were previously ranked as the 81st-richest Australian by The Australian Financial Review in the 2018 Rich List.[12]

Year Financial Review
Rich List		 Forbes
Australia's 50 Richest
Rank Net worth (A$)
[note 1]		 Rank Net worth (US$)
2014[6] $335 million
2015[6] 99 $528 million
2016[6] 105 $586 million
2017[5][13][14] 101 $647 million
2018[12] 81 $876 million
2019[10] 78 $1.18 billion
2020[1] 105 $994 million
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Note
  • ^1 : Net worth held jointly with Shesh Ghale.

References
  1. Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (30 October 2020). "The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  2. "Ms. Jamuna Gurung". Melbourne Institute of Technology. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  3. "Jamuna Gurung and Shesh Ghale: a long climb to the top". The Australian Financial Review. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  4. "Shesh Ghale & Jamuna Gurung: The high-achievers!". Southasia. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  5. "Shesh and Jamuna Ghale merely $353 million shy of joining billionaires club but the philanthropic couple is in no hurry". Southasia. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. Khatry, Ram (27 May 2016). "Worth over half a billion dollars, gentle Ghales become 105th richest in Australia". Southasia. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  7. "Shesh Ghale buys Melbourne's 'best' corner". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. "Shesh Ghale ready for mountain of work on Melbourne hotel". The Australian. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  9. "MIT gets approval for twin-tower apartment and hotel complex over market and gardens". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  10. Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  11. "Shesh Ghale & Jamuna Gurung: Nepalese Australians have just gotten billionaires among them". Southasia. 30 March 2019.
  12. Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  13. Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  14. Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017). "Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax". Crikey. Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019.


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