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Portrait of Ashwin Patel

Ashwin Patel

Commissioner

Biography

Ashwin Patel was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Sardar Patel University in 1991. He and his wife, Nishtha, moved to the United States in 1993 and Delaware in 1997.

Ashwin has become a successful entrepreneur and business owner in the hotel, and liquor industry. He also has two beautiful children who currently attend college at Drexel University and Penn State University. While raising a family, and being involved in the day to day operations in his businesses, Mr. Patel also serves as the Vice President of The Delaware Asian American Business Association.