Mr. Chandru L. Raheja, Chairman, K.Raheja Corp is the son of Lachman Das Raheja, founder of the K Raheja Group in 1956.
Background
Chandru Raheja was born to L.S. Raheja and has four brothers. He completed his LLB from National Law College, Mumbai. He is married to Jyoti C. Raheja. The couple has two sons Ravi and Neel who work with Raheja in his real estate business.
Career
Chandru Raheja is an Indian entrepreneur who transformed his family's small scale property business into a renowned real estate group K Raheja Corporation. Under his leadership K Raheja Corp has built several residences, offices, malls, hotels and IT parks. Shoppers Stop, Hypercity and In Orbit Malls are highlights in the portfolio of K. Raheja group. He has formed an alliance with the Servcorp, an Australian firm for providing serviced offices. He is a Forbes billionaire, having a net worth of US $1.5 billion. He is well known for his media diffident personality and simple living.
Mr. Raheja started with his career in the field of real estate after he parted from his siblings in 1996 and established his own real estate firm K Raheja Corp.
After the split with the family he moved ahead to establish a brand called Mindspace, a complete sole handed venture to set up offices, malls and IT parks.
Chandru then acquired four hotels in Mumbai, amongst which three are handled by Marriott.
His business alliance with ProLogis is channeled towards building warehouses while his co-franchise with Servcorp is directed towards providing serviced offices.