{{Short description|Pakistani businessman}} {{Infobox person | name = Sadruddin Hashwani | image = Sarah Hashwani, Sadruddin Hashwani and Cristal Montañéz Baylor at Synergos University for a Night in Europe London Oct 2012 (6) (8157936231) (cropped).jpg | image_caption = Sadruddin Hashwani with his daughter, Sarah Hashwani, at an event | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|02|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Karachi, Sind Province, British India | occupation = Businessman | alma_mater = University of Karachi | honours = Nishan-e-Imtiaz }}
'''Sadruddin Hashwani''' is a Pakistani hotelier and businessperson who is the chairman of Hashoo Group.
== Biography == Sadruddin Hashwani was born in 1940 in Karachi, Sindh, British-pre independent Pakistan into a Khoja Isma'ili family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011%2F05%2F31%2F151237 |title=Sadruddin Hashwani: Working around the globe, living in the Arab world, and now writing about his adventures |first=Muna |last=Khan |date=31 May 2011 |website=Al Arabiya}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/WaBCEddMLH5DaM0aD5wzbN/Why-India-is-part-dysfunctional-fully-functional.html|title=Why India is part dysfunctional, fully functional|last=Patel|first=Aakar|date=March 10, 2011|publisher=Livemint}}</ref> Hashwanis had migrated with the third Ismaili Imam Agha Khan from Persia in the early 1900s and settled in Lasbela, Balochistan. Hashwani studied at the University of Karachi and in 1960 founded the Hassan Ali Company along with his brother. By 1970s, it had become one of the leading cotton trading company of Pakistan. However, the company was nationalised in 1973.<ref name=":1" /> Later Hashwani diverted his resources toward other business ventures, most notably the '''hotel industry'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Services Limited |url=https://www.psl.com.pk/dir_chairman.php |access-date=2025-07-31 |website=www.psl.com.pk}}</ref> In 1978, he launched the Holiday Inn hotel in Karachi in 1981 and later in Islamabad. Both of the hotels were converted into Marriott brand in 1990s. In 1985, Hashwani made a successful bid for the majority shares of Pakistan Services Limited, which then owned four Inter-Continental Hotels across Pakistan, the hotels were re-branded as Pearl-Continental Hotels.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.psl.com.pk/news/Profile%20of%20Contestants.pdf|title=PROFILE OF CONTESTANTS OF DIRECTORS' ELECTION|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> This acquisition gave him control of the largest chain of five-star hotels in Pakistan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Services Limited |url=https://www.psl.com.pk/dir_chairman.php |access-date=2025-07-31 |website=www.psl.com.pk}}</ref> In 2014, Hashwani published his best-selling memoir ''Truth Always Prevails''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1145221|title=Zardari tried to kill me, Hashwani alleges in his book|last=Wasim|first=Amir|date=2014-11-18|newspaper=DAWN.COM|access-date=2016-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/801201/book-review-truth-always-prevails-let-truth-be-told/|title=Book review: Truth Always Prevails - let truth be told |date=2014-12-07|newspaper=The Express Tribune|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-05}}</ref> In April 2016, he and his son, Murtaza Hashwani, were named in the Panama Papers.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zain|first1=Ali|title=Exposed By Panama Papers: List of Pakistani politicians, businessmen and judges who own offshore companies|url=http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/exposed-by-panama-papers-list-of-pakistani-politicians-businessmen-and-judges-who-own-offshore-companies/|access-date=12 April 2016|work=Daily Pakistan|date=4 April 2016}}</ref>
== Bibliography == * Hashwani, Sadruddin (2014). ''Truth Always Prevails''
== Awards and recognition == * 2019: Nishan-e-Imtiaz<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pakistan's highest civilian honour for Dubai-based businessman and philanthropist|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/pakistans-highest-civilian-honour-for-dubai-based-businessman-and-philanthropist-1.62966480|access-date=2021-01-13|website=gulfnews.com|date=28 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hashwani, Saddaruddin}} Category:Living people Category:1940 births Category:Pakistani industrialists Category:Pakistani Ismailis Category:Pakistani hoteliers Category:Pakistani people of Gujarati descent Category:Pakistani expatriates in the United Arab Emirates Category:Businesspeople from Karachi Category:University of Karachi alumni Category:People named in the Paradise Papers Category:People named in the Panama Papers Category:Khoja Ismailis