Jamuna Gurung (entrepreneur)

Jamuna Gurung (Nepali: जमुना गुरुङ) is an Nepalease born Australian businesswomen, executive director and managing director of the Melbourne Institute of Technology, in Victoria, Australia, which she co-found with her husband, Dr Shesh Ghale.^[2][3][4]

Gurung was born in Nepal and, came to Australia in 1991 to undertake studies. She graduated with a Bachelor of Business majoring in Marketing and Management from the Swinburne University of Technology.^{[citation needed]}

Net worth[]

Gurung and her husband, Ghale, are the first billionaires in the global Nepalese diaspora and the only second billionaire of Nepalese origin.^[5]

Gurung and Ghale first appeared on the BRW Rich 200 in 2009,^[5] and jointly appeared on subsequent rich lists.^{[5][6][7][8][9]} With a net worth of approximately A$1.18 billion in 2019, Gurung and Ghale were named by The Australian Financial Review Rich List as the 78th richest Australians.^[10][11] They were previously ranked as the 81st-richest Australian by The Australian Financial Review in the 2018 Rich List.^[12]

Year	Financial Review Rich List		Forbes Australia's 50 Richest
	Rank	Net worth (A$) [note 1]	Rank	Net worth (US$)
2014[6]		$335 million
2015[6]	99	$528 million
2016[6]	105	$586 million
2017[5][13][14]	101	$647 million
2018[12]	81	$876 million
2019[10]	78	$1.18 billion
2020[15]	105	$994 million
2021[1]	111	$1.01 billion

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Note

• ^1 : Net worth held jointly with Shesh Ghale.

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