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From small imports to a $150 million empire: The Houston journey of Jugal Malani
From modest beginnings as a small-time importer, Jugal Malani built a $150 million business while shaping Houston’s Indian-American community and giving back through philanthropy
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Lalit K Jha (5WH) - Wed, 08, Oct 2025
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Jugal Malani / Courtesy: Lalit K Jha
When Jugal Malani first landed in the United States in 1979, the trip lasted barely three weeks. “I didn’t like it at all,” he recalled with a grin. The food was strange, the loneliness heavy. He returned to India, determined to stay put.
His wife, Raj, thought otherwise. “She told me, ‘You have to do something better than what you’re doing here,’” he said. At her insistence—and a second invitation from her brother and sister-in-law in America—he returned. What began as a reluctant experiment became a life’s work, one that mirrors the Indian-American ascent itself.
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