Biography
Chatwal is of Indian Sikh heritage. His father, Sant Singh Chatwal, is an Indian-American businessman. Chatwal was born in Addis Ababa and his family moved to Montreal in the 1970s and then to New York in the 1980s, where his father invested in fine dining and hotels. Chatwel attended the United Nations International School in New York City and is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating from university he worked for Morgan Stanley. His father, Sant Singh Chatwal, founded Hampshire Hotels and Resorts.
Chatwal was named as one of the world's most eligible bachelors by a BBC television program the magazine Radar. He appeared in the movie One Dollar Curry and became the first Sikh model to appear in Vogue. He was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year at the first South Asia Media Awards in New York in June 2005, and on June 19, 2006 he was featured on the cover of Forbes Asia..
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