Rattan Chadha
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Kul Rattan Chadha (born Aug 6, 1949, New Delhi) is an Indian born Dutch businessman, founder and former CEO of the Mexx clothing company.
Born into a well-to-do family of steel manufacturers in Delhi, he moved to the Netherlands in 1971, where he started importing cloths from India and the Far East. He launched two lines of clothing in 1980, "Moustache" for men, and "Emanuelle" for women, which he merged in 1986 to Mexx. In 2001, Chadha sold most of the company for several 100 million dollars to Liz Claiborne Inc. Chadha, who resides in Wassenaar, remained CEO of the company until Dec 1 2006. He is considering opening a museum for contemporary art in Amsterdam containing living and working spaces for artists and, to start, housing his own collection.
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- Short bio (Dutch)
- Sale to Claiborne
- Planned museum]
