Ashish Jakhanwala is the Chairman of the Board, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of SAMHI. Since its inception in 2011, SAMHI has emerged as one of the largest owner of branded hotels in India. Its acquisition-led strategy has allowed it to create a platform of 32 operating hotels with about 5,000 rooms. The Company listed on BSE and NSE in September 2023.

Ashish built SAMHI as a formidable business partnering with some of the best-known financial institutions that include Goldman Sachs, International Finance Corporation (member of the World Bank Group), Sam Zell-led Equity International and GTI Capital. As of date, SAMHI is one the largest owners of hotels operated by Marriott and IHG in India. Ashish has personally led hotel investments across more than 50 hotels and 7,000 rooms across India in the past 18 years. This gives him unique insight into the hotel investment landscape in India.