𝐇𝐊𝟏𝟓: 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐉𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐣𝐡𝐧𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚 – 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 & 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐊-𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:

“𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛’𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑒𝑡… 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑂𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒.”

“𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡. 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑠. 𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑. 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑠.”

“𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑙 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝐼 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑂𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑔 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔… 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢… 𝑊𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒… 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟-𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒… ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡. 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑖 𝑏𝑎𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒… 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑑… 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 2 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑢𝑔𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑑.”

“𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎, 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡. 𝐼 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 3𝑃𝑠: 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒… 𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟-𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦.”

“𝐻𝐾 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠.”

“𝐻𝐾 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑. 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑, 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. 𝑉𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚, 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡.”

“𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒. 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑏𝑒. 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒. 𝑆𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖-𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢.” “𝐻𝐾 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑦. 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒.”

𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞:
Girish is the Founder & CEO of Ovolo Hotels, an independent hotel operator providing effortless living through award-winning interior designs, all-inclusive comforts, focused personal services and cutting-edge in-suite technology. Ovolo currently owns and operates four hotels in Hong Kong, one in Melbourne, two in Brisbane, one in Canberra and two in Sydney. With more opportunities on the horizon, Ovolo is taking its brand to a larger, international audience, continuing its impressive journey as an innovative provider of cool living spaces and bright ideas.

Born in Hong Kong, Girish graduated from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.  He began his career managing his family’s OEM watch business under the Hind Group of companies in Hong Kong. He set up watch factories across the Chinese border until 1998. In 2002, he sold the business and ventured into property development.