Prabal Gurung

Mr. Prabal Gurung is a Nepal-born New York City based fashion designer who is the Creative Director & the CEO of his own label, Prabal Gurung. He started his business in February 2009 after leaving Bill Bass where he was the Design Director. Prior to Bill Bass, he worked with Cynthia Rowley, Donna Karan and Manish Arora. He did his schooling at New Delhi’s National Institute of Fashion Technology and Parsons School of Design in New York City.

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Balram Chainrai

Mr. Balram Chainrai is a Hong Kong based businessman who owns English Premier League club Portsmouth Football Club. He is originally from Nepal and holds a British Passport.

Chainrai is said to have made his fortune distributing electronic products and mobile phones, The Times—a leading British newspaper—reported on Friday. “His main company, Hornington, was founded in 1984 to make and rade electronics and toys, distribute computers and related accessories and to provide funding to other business projects,” the news report said.

According to The Times, Hornington owns a string of fitness chains in Hong Kong and also has investments in Australia and Eastern Europe. Last year, the company claimed to have an annual turn over of £260 million.

Chainrai first came to the attention of the UK business press about six or seven years ago, when his property firm snapped up a number of industrial units around UK, the news report added.

Rudra Pandey

Mr. Rudra Pandey co-founded D2Hawkeye with Dr. Chris Kryder which was purchased by Verisk Analytics in 2009. He is now the Chief Operating Officer of the subsidiary, Verisk Health.

He started his career as a business systems engineer and a database architect. He did extensive consulting with prestigious financial institutions, such as the World Bank, and with large health care organizations. At Fleet Bank, now Bank of America, he led a major business systems reengineering initiative which was an important component of their successful strategic acquisitions.

Prior to founding D2Hawkeye, Rudra founded the IT Experts Group in Kathmandu, Nepal. In three years this company grew from three to over forty systems engineers. It later merged with D2Hawkeye to become D2HawkeyeServices, the largest software company in Nepal.

Rudra holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Economics from Northeastern University, Boston.

S. M. Sainju

Mr. Sainju is a native born Nepali. Born and raised in rural Himalaya, he worked to bring himself to the United States to pursue advanced education and experience in preparation for returning to Nepal and leading the country in process of modernization. Mr. Sainju is currently the Chairman and CEO of a power developing company based in Tysons Corner, Virginia.

Prior to joining Hillsdale Group, Mr. Sainju worked as the Director of Information Technology at British Maritime Technology Designers and Planners. Mr. Sainju's expertise includes energy economics/finance, energy intelligence, and energy security. Mr. Sainju has worked with government as well as number of private financial institutions.

Mr. Sainju also brings over 15 years of Information Technology experience. Mr. Sainju is a member of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He also serves as an adjunct faculty (Computer Science) at George Mason University. Mr. Sainju holds a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from Iowa Wesleyan College, and an MS in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University.

Min B Gurung

Mr. Min B Gurung is a successful Nepali entrepreneur. He is the owner and managing director of Bhat-Bhateni Group which owns Bhat-Bhateni Supermarket and Department Store. He is a son of a farmer with six siblings. He had a successful banking career after completing his university education. He started Bhat-Bhateni cold store in 1984 with his wife and went full time in 1992 following an expansion to a two floor (3,000 sq. ft.) supermarket. It has since become two leading supermarket and departmental stores in Kathmandu (timeline of the company) serving more than 10,000 customers daily.

He gave an interview to BBC Nepali Service in January 2010.