nishita shah is currently the largest individual shareholder and director of precious shipping, one of thailand's large dry-bulk shipping companies. she is also the managing director of gp group, a 145-year-old, privately-held conglomerate with three listed companies and more than 40 private enterprises which cover a range of sectors – from aviation, healthcare and shipping to software, hospitality and construction. following on her father’s clear entrepreneurial vision which has defined the company for the past one and a half centuries nishita's father, kirit, founded the group in 1989 and took it public in 1993. her family emigrated from india to burma to thailand many years ago.