Min Bahadur Gurung, the chairman and managing director of Bhat-Bhateni Group, is known for turning a small grocery store into a retail giant. He found both fame and fortune with his supermarket and departmental store chain Bhat-Bhateni.…

In its initial days, Chachan Group traded in a range of commodities such as leather and leather products, cement, vegetable ghee, food grains, lentils, oil seeds, spices, consumer goods, fertilisers, pulses, edible oils and animal…

It was in the late 19th century when Bhuramull Chaudhary opened a shop on Juddha Sadak (now New Road), on an initial yearly rental fee of Rs 200, to deal in textiles imported from various parts of India. Bhuramull Chaudhary was among the few privileged businessmen permitted to enter the palace of Rana Prime…

The Dugar family carries a 137 year old legacy in business. It all started when Chandan Mal Dugar started trading in fabrics at a ‘haat bazaar’ (a weekly market organised locally) in Biratnagar. His son Lunkaran Dugar not only continued the trading business but also widened the business by stepping into agro products.…

In 1931, Ram Lal Golchha started the Hansraj Hanuman Mal (now Hansraj and Hulaschand) as his first company in Biratnagar to export jute from Nepal to industries in India.90 years after the establishment of the first business entity, members of the Golchha family now operate over 100 companies…

In the 1950s, Sohan Lal Golyan came to Nepal for a visit but was so enthralled by Nepal’s business potential that he stayed. He decided to set up a trading base in Nepal after observing opportunities in Nepal-India and Nepal-china…

It all started with a small stationery mart at New Road in 1974 with a capital of Rs 100,000 that set up the foundation for the formation of ICTC Group. The stationary business, started by Ram Lal Shrestha, mostly catered to government and semi-government clients.…

Chandra Prasad Dhakal who began his career as a banker at Rastriya Banijya Bank decided to take up a cargo business in 1992 after sensing opportunity in it. In 2001, he along with his brother Hem Raj Dhakal, ventured into the remittance business by establishing International Money Express (IME) in Nepal and Malaysia.…

The family business started with the establishment of a cloth shop by Bhajuratna Kansakar. He also produced copper items and started exporting household utensils to Tibet from Kalimpong in 1921. As trade started to thrive, Bhajuratna also gradually became popular in Tibet getting the…

Surya Bahadur KC established KC Construction in 1973, taking inspiration from his father Kirti Bahadur KC who upon his return from India started a construction business and undertook construction contracts for roads in Syangja and Pokhara.…

Kedia Organization is among the oldest business houses in Nepal. Ram Kumar Kedia and his sons Mahabir Prasad Kedia and Brij Lal Kedia laid the foundation of the business house in 1909 when they ventured into business as cloth merchants.…

Keyal Group’s history can be traced back to more than a century when Gauri Shanker Keyal started as a clothes merchant. In 1951, Gulab Raj Keyal, son of Gauri Shanker Keyal opened a saw and a rice mill in Birgunj. It was a stepping stone in the formation of the Birgunj-based industrial and trading house.…

The foundation of Khetan Group was laid by Kishun Ram Khetan (great-great grandfather of Rajendra Khetan) some 170 years ago during the Nepal-Tibet War of 1855-1856. He supplied rice and salt to the Nepali soldiers. After the war, Khetan continued his venture as a trading…

The brother duo of Buddhi Bahadur Shrestha and Ganesh Bahadur Shrestha worked at Siddharth Highway Project and Land Reform Office respectively during their hey days. But after seeing a substantial market for confectionary items, they started their own business. Together, they opened a small confectionery factory called ‘Laxmi Mithai Bhandar’ in Pokhara in 2030 BS…

Born to a family of farmers in Siraha, Dr Upendra Mahato later became one of the richest Nepalis. After the completion of high school, Mahato migrated to Russia in a scholarship for an undergraduate degree in engineering. There he became a trader of electronic goods and jeans to sustain in the foreign…