Ravi Ghai is a chairman of the Graviss Group, built a hospitality empire spanning hotels and iconic ice cream brands and his legacy now meets cricket royalty.
Ravi Ghai, hospitality veteran and chairman of the Graviss Group, whose legacy spans luxury hotels, ice cream brands and global partnerships (Photo: X)
Among the business families of India, very few have managed to influence the consumer base as quietly and unobtrusively as the Ghai business group. At the center of the operation, of course, is the man with the extensive business links to the world of luxury hotels and legendary ice cream brands, and that man is Ravi Ghai. Recently, however, Ghai seems to be in the news for all the wrong reasons, such as for his granddaughter Saaniya’s engagement to cricket star Arjun Tendulkar.
Ravi Ghai is a Mumbai-based entrepreneur who runs the Graviss Group. He is well known for blending international standards with Indian flavors. He has built a business over five decades that many people are familiar with.
Ravi Ghai has been trained at the world-class School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University. He returned to India in 1967 with the experience garnered abroad, with a clear intention to modernize his family businesses.
Ravi Ghai is married to Gita Ghai, who has largely remained out of the public spotlight and together, they have been associated with both philanthropic efforts and long-term family-run enterprises.
Ravi Ghai is a father of four children’s as Gaurav, Gaurika, Ravina and Gayatri Ghai. Even as some family disputes have been in the public eye lately, the group continues to be one of India's most identifiable hospitality groups.
At the end of the 1960s, Ravi Ghai took over the family business, but he took it beyond the conventional food business ventures of that time, as it had started as a traditional business and went on to become a professionally operated business with global alliances, luxury hotels and renowned food brands for the masses.
Innovation has always been the core of Ghai's career. He kept Kwality Ice Cream breathing while bringing Baskin-Robbins to India and across the SAARC region in the early 1990s. More recently, he supported the launch of The Brooklyn Creamery, a brand for health-conscious city dwellers.
The Graviss Group encompasses some illustrious properties as well, including the prestigious InterContinental Marine Drive in Mumbai, formerly the Natraj Hotel. Looking into the culinary aspect for the Group, Graviss Food Solutions Pvt. Ltd. had revenues of around Rs. 624 crores for the FY 2023-24, which is a growth of approximately 20% over the previous year.
The legacy of Ravi Ghai’s influence is one of taking Indian hospitality to a professional level, setting global service standards, as well as keeping heritage brands alive, thereby defining the Indian experience of hotels, food and dessert.
Estimation of wealth for Ravi Ghai varies and he is reasonably guessed to be worth Rs 800 crore to Rs 1,000 crore based on the company's financial records, personal holdings and brand values for the food business segment of the Graviss Group.
Arjun Tendulkar, the son of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, getting engaged to Saaniya Chandok, the granddaughter of filmmaker Ravi Ghai, has once again brought the family into the lime light. The much-awaited wedding of Arjun and Saaniya has been scheduled to take place on March 5, 2026, and will be an intimate ceremony with only family and a few celebrities attending it.
Q1. What is Ravi Ghai best known for?
He is best known for leading the Graviss Group and expanding brands like Kwality Ice Cream and InterContinental Mumbai.
Q2. Which hotel does Graviss Group own?
The InterContinental Marine Drive in Mumbai.
Q3. What is Ravi Ghai’s estimated net worth?
Between ₹800 crore and ₹1,000 crore.
Q4. Who is Saaniya Chandok?
She is Ravi Ghai’s granddaughter and the fiancée of Arjun Tendulkar.
Q5. When is Arjun Tendulkar getting married?
March 5, 2026, in Mumbai.
