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{{short description|British billionaire businessman (born 1951)}}
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| name = Jasminder Singh
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1951|04}}
| birth_place = [[Dar es Salaam]], Tanganyika (now Tanzania)
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| nationality = British
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| occupation = Businessman
| title = Chairman and CEO, [[Edwardian Hotels]]
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| known for = Founder, Edwardian Hotels
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| spouse = Amrit Singh
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'''Jasminder Singh''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (born April 1951) is a British [[billionaire]] businessman.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web|title=The World's Billionaires: Jasminder Singh|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jasminder-singh/|website=Forbes|accessdate=26 January 2017}}</ref>

According to the ''[[Sunday Times Rich List]]'' List in 2019, Singh is worth £1.1 billion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sunday-times-rich-list-2019-profiles-101-148-alan-sugar-dx9qlpwcp|title=Rich List 2019: profiles 101-148=, featuring Alan Sugar|last=Times|first=The Sunday|date=2019-05-12|access-date=2019-07-26|language=en|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

==Early life==
Jasminder Singh was born in April 1951,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/f3XYM2GPWmMUX4aSf7lB4H49Pk8/appointments |title=Jasminder SINGH - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House) |website=Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk |accessdate=27 January 2017}}</ref> in [[Dar es Salaam]], Tanganyika (now Tanzania) in an [[Indians in Tanzania|Indian family]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Kuznetsov | first=Y. | title=Diaspora Networks and the International Migration of Skills: How Countries Can Draw on Their Talent Abroad | publisher=[[World Bank]] | series=WBI development studies | year=2006 | isbn=978-0-8213-6648-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVljf95z4AYC&pg=PA71 | access-date=24 September 2023 | page=71}}</ref><ref name="nriinternet1">{{cite web|url=http://nriinternet.com/NRIhotels/UK/Jasminder_Singh/index.htm |title=NRI, Jasminder Singh bought the prestigious Inter Continental May Fair London hotel |website=Nriinternet.com |date=23 February 2012 |accessdate=27 January 2017}}</ref> He is the son of Bal Mohinder Singh, and they moved to the UK from Kenya in 1973, and first ran a post office together.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tripathi |first=Shruti |url=http://www.londonlovesbusiness.com/londons-best/the-bollygarchs-meet-the-10-richest-indians-in-london/8102.article |title=The bollygarchs: meet the 10 richest Indians in London|website=LondonlovesBusiness.com |date=15 August 2014 |accessdate=27 January 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Singh first worked as an accountant.<ref name="sundaytimeshighoctanerise">{{cite news|last1=McCall|first1=Alastair|last2=Watts|first2=Robert|title=High-octane rise of brothers' firm shows family value|work=The Sunday Times|date=7 May 2017|page=3}}</ref> He then began working in the hotel industry for his uncle.<ref name="sundaytimeshighoctanerise"/> Eventually, he was able to buy out his uncle.<ref name="sundaytimeshighoctanerise"/>

Through [[Edwardian Hotels]], of which he is the chairman and CEO, Singh owns or co-owns 12 luxury hotels in central London, under the Radisson Blu Edwardian brand, and the 404-room [[May Fair Hotel]].<ref name="Forbes" />

==Personal life==
Singh is married to Amrit Singh, an interior decorator, and they live in [[Tetworth Hall]],<ref name="Evening Standard">{{cite news |title=Court sets up in hotel for businessman's £50m legal fight with sons |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/court-sets-up-in-hotel-for-businessman-s-ps50m-legal-fight-with-sons-8961979.html |access-date=3 April 2022 |work=Evening Standard |date=25 November 2013}}</ref> a large country house near [[Ascot, Berkshire|Ascot]], and London.<ref name="Forbes" /><ref name="nriinternet1"/>

In November 2013, Jasminder's father 86-year-old Bal Mohinder Singh was taking legal action against his sons Jasminder, 62, and Herinder, 46, for about £50 million of Jasminder's reported wealth of £400 million.<ref name="Evening Standard"/><ref name="Independent">{{cite news |last1=Farmer |first1=Brian |title=High Court moves to hotel room as frail father sues sons |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/high-court-moves-to-hotel-room-as-frail-father-sues-sons-8963316.html |access-date=3 April 2022 |work=The Independent |date=26 November 2013}}</ref> All three families had lived together at Tetworth Hall, until Herinder fell out with Jasminder and left.<ref name="Independent"/> Due to the father's frail health, the hearing in November 2013 was taking place at the May Fair Hotel, rather than a normal courtroom.<ref name="Independent"/> In April 2014, Judge William Blackburne dismissed the claim which he said had been entered "in all good faith".<ref name="Hindustan Times">{{cite news |last1=Sonwalkar |first1=Prasun |title=UK Sikh loses 'tragic' case against millionaire sons |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/uk-sikh-loses-tragic-case-against-millionaire-sons/story-Sgtip2xxdejHRaL1IgkoaK.html |access-date=3 April 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=9 April 2014}}</ref>

His son Inderneel Singh, is managing director, of London's [[May Fair Hotel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.asian-voice.com/Opinion/Columnists/Keith-Vaz/Inderneel-Singh,-Managing-Director,-May-Fair-Hotel,-London|title=Inderneel Singh, Managing Director, May Fair Hotel, London|website=Asian-voice.com|accessdate=27 January 2017}}</ref>

==Honours==
In 2007, Singh was appointed Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) for services to the hotel industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edwardian.com/ourstory/leadership-en.html |title=Jasminder Singh | Edwardian Hotels London | Our Story |website=Edwardian.com |accessdate=27 January 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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