Chairman of Melcom Group of Companies, Bhagwan Ramchand Khubchandani has died on January 25, 2021, at 84.
According to sources, he died at the Nyaho Medical Centre in Accra after suffering from COVID-19.
Recently, he was honoured as Ghana’s Greatest Entrepreneur of All Time at the Ghana Entrepreneur and Corporate Executive Awards.
His father Ramchand Khubchandani arrived in the then Gold Coast in 1929 as a 14-year-old to work as a store boy.
After 17 years he started Glamour, a retail store, with his younger brother. In 1948, the brothers made huge losses during the Christianborg Crossroad Shootings.
In 1955 they managed to recoup and diversified in garment manufacturing that employed about 1200 Ghanaians. During “Operation Feed Yourself” under Colonel I.K. Acheampong’s regime, the brother started a poultry farm, Glamour Poultry as a condition to keep their business running.
Mr Khubchandani came to Ghana in the 60s at the invitation of his father and was well established as the then joint Managing Director of Glamour Stores.
He started Melcom in 1989 with his sons-in-law Ramesh Sadhwani and Mahesh Melwan.
Over the years, Melcom diversified into other businesses and expanded its product portfolio. These include Century Industries Limited which manufactures high-quality plastic household products.
Crown Star Electronics Industry Limited, which assembles household appliances with a fully-fledged service centre.
Melcom Group is best known for its retail superstores, Melcom Limited.
As Ghana’s largest chain of 48 retail department stores and counting, Melcom offers thousands of products and hundreds of well-known brands
