Jamuna Gurung (entrepreneur)

Jamuna Gurung (Nepali: जमुना गुरुङ) is an Australian businesswomen of Nepalese origin, and is executive director and managing director of the Melbourne Institute of Technology, in Victoria, Australia, which she co-founded with her husband, Shesh Ghale.^[1][2][3]

Jamuna Gurung
जमुना गुरुङ
Born	Nepal
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	Swinburne University of Technology
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Known for	Co-founder, Melbourne Institute of Technology
Spouse	Shesh Ghale

Gurung was born in Nepal and, came to Australia in 1991 to undertake studies.She completed her Bachelor of Business degree with a focus on Marketing and Management at Swinburne University of Technology.^[4]

Net worth

Gurung and her husband, Ghale, were 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]} As of May 2023^[update], the net worth of Gurung and Ghale was assessed by The Australian Financial Review in the 2023 Rich List as approximately A$900 million.^[10][11]

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][12][13]	101	$647 million
2018[14]	81	$876 million
2019[15]	78	$1.18 billion
2020[16]	105	$994 million
2021[17]	111	$1.01 billion
2022	136	$1.00 billion
2023[10]	157	$900 million

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Note

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