Hospitality | Tourism 2023: NEIL AMIN

CEO, SHAMIN HOTELS, RICHMOND

Published August 30, 2023 by Virginia Business

As CEO of one of Virginia’s largest hotel operators, Amin brings a mix of hands-on experience and MBA expertise to the company his Indian immigrant father and uncle started in the 1970s.

Amin lived with his family in one of their hotels in Chesterfield County until he was 12, pitching in with maintenance and handling the front desk. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, earning a bachelor’s degree in economics and a Wharton School MBA. Amin worked at Goldman Sachs in New York before returning to the family business. He was named CEO in 2008.

After weathering the pandemic and staving off foreclosure of one of the company’s flagship properties, Shamin Hotels is expanding again. Last year, he opened the first Virginia hotel under Marriott’s boutique Moxy Hotels brand. This summer marked the opening of the family’s 75th hotel, with a handful of other properties in the pipeline.

Amin, whose hobby is running, serves as a board member for the Virginia Treasury Board, the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority and Vibrant Communities Drive Change.

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