Shesh Ghale

Shesh Ghale is a Nepalese Australian businessman and the former president of Non Resident Nepali Association (NRNA). Based in Melbourne, Victoria, Ghale is the CEO of Melbourne Institute of Technology (MIT), which he co-founded with his wife, Jamuna Gurung.

Shesh Ghale
Shesh Ghale, CEO, Biplov Co
Born	Lamjung, Nepal, 1963
Alma mater	Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University Victoria University
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Spouse	Jamuna Gurung

Biography

Born in the western Nepal village of Lamjung in 1963, Ghale undertook his initial tertiary education in the former USSR (1979 to 1986) graduating with a Master of Civil Engineering degree from the Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University. He undertook his studies on a Nepalese Government scholarship and, on returning to Nepal, worked as a highway project engineer for the Nepalese Government's transport department. Ghale relocated to Melbourne in 1990 to undertake further studies and to settle his family in Australia. He graduated from Victoria University in 1994 with a Master of Business Administration.

Ghale is the CEO and co-founder of the Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Net worth

Ghale and Gurung first appeared on the BRW Rich 200 in 2009,^[1] and jointly appeared on subsequent rich lists.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} As of May 2023^[update], the net worth of Gurung and Ghale was assessed by The Australian Financial Review in the 2023 Rich List as approximately A$900 million.^[6]

Year	Financial Review Rich List		Forbes Australia's 50 Richest
	Rank	Net worth (A$) [note 1]	Rank	Net worth (US$)
2014[2]		$335 million
2015[2]	99	$528 million
2016[2]	105	$586 million
2017[1][7][8]	101	$647 million
2018[9]	81	$876 million
2019[10][11]	78	$1.18 billion
2020[12]	105	$994 million
2021[13]	111	$1.01 billion
2022	136	$1.00 billion
2023[6]	157	$900 million

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Note

• ^1 : Net worth held jointly with Jamuna Gurung.