Founded | 1959Phuentsholing, Bhutan | in
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Headquarters | Bhutan |
Website | tashigroup |
The Tashi Group of Companies is the largest privately owned conglomerate of companies in Bhutan.[1][2][3]
It was founded in 1959 in Phuentsholing, Bhutan.[4]
Tashi Group has over 40 subsidiaries including Tashi Air (Bhutan Airlines), Tashi Infocomm, T-Bank, Druk School, etc. Tashi Group, the largest private company in Bhutan, operates a chemical plant, a ferrosilicon plant and a soft drinks bottling factory.[5]
References
- ^ Gluckman, Ron (October 28, 2013). "Tashi Group's Unconventional Boss Makes Big Inroads In Tiny Bhutan". Forbes Asia.
Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan kingdom long closed to the world, is opening for business, and Dasho Topgyal Dorji has plunged into practically every market. He has steered his family's Tashi Group into hotels, banking and construction.
- ^ Mitra, Moinak (March 14, 2014). "How tycoons from Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka built thriving business empires". The Times of India.
By all accounts, Dorji is the richest man in Bhutan, though his rugged demeanor with long flowing mane and adrenaline-pumping rafting quest defy the suave etiquette of boardroom culture. But Dorji is hands-on. He runs some 40-odd companies under the Tashi Group banner with 3,000 people, which has wide-ranging interests from brewing to aviation.
- ^ Dema, Tashi (November 29, 2014). "Court delivers verdict in 4-year long Tashi case". Keunsel Online.
...at the time of Dasho Rimp's demise in 2006, the market reportedly valued Tashi Group of Companies at about Nu 30B.
- ^ "Tashi Group contributes five million to His Majesty's Kidu Fund". Bhutan Broadcasting Service. February 19, 2011.
It was a small shop in the border town of Phuentsholing in 1959. Started with a meager capital of Nu. 2,500, Tashi Group is today the biggest business house in the country
- ^ Tashi Group