Nishita Shah is a Thai businesswoman of Indian descent. She is currently the largest individual shareholder and director of

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, one of Thailand's large dry-bulk shipping companies. She is also the managing director of GP Group, a 145-year-old, privately-held conglomerate with three listed companies and more than 40 private enterprises which cover a range of sectors – from aviation, healthcare and shipping to software, hospitality and construction. Following on her father’s clear entrepreneurial vision which has defined the company for the past one and a half centuries Nishita's father, Kirit, founded the group in 1989 and took it public in 1993. Her family emigrated from

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to Burma to Thailand many years ago. Nishita also owned a clothing company called Burn Baby and has launched her own fashion label "-Nsha-" in three continents."Nishita Shah and family"
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'', 8 September 2007 Shah is of

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origin. Her father Kirit, who was originally from

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, founded the GP Group of Thailand, which she took over. She is a

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graduate.

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