The CEO of UPGROWTH, a property development and global finance
company, Anshoo Sethi boasts more than a decade of experience in the industry.
He grew up with the family company and has since leveraged this early
experience to expand and improve the real estate and hotel enterprise. In his
leadership role, Anshoo has repositioned the company, switching from strictly
general contracting construction to equity investments and asset management.
Mr. Sethi plans to continue his innovations at UPGROWTH as the company pursues
environmentally sustainable initiatives.
Anshoo
Sethi has developed numerous
complex real estate and finance projects spanning millions of square feet of
commercial, health care, education, retail, residential, and hotel properties. Throughout
his career, Mr. Sethi has innovated, creating new strategies throughout the
real estate development cycle to increase his company's profitability,
efficiency, and scope.
In
addition to extensive property developments in the U.S., Anshoo Sethi invests in education in India. He has
sponsored universities with faculty members who teach a wide range of subjects,
including business, education, computer administration, and medicine.
Mr.
Sethi grew up in Chicago and attended the University of Illinois at Chicago,
where he studied finance and marketing, with an emphasis on international
business. Mr. Sethi has also completed a variety of postgraduate professional
development programs to understand market demand in various sectors, mixed-use
projects, financial structuring, architecture, hotels, and green development.
Anshoo Sethi completed the requirements to become a Certified Hotel
Administrator, a Certified Lodging Owner, and a Certified Hospitality
Technology Professional. He is currently working to earn his LEED professional
accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council.
Mr.
Sethi belongs to a number of organizations in domestic and global finance,
sustainability, real estate, and renewable energy. He has also served on the
boards of several nonprofits, social programs, and educational institutions.
Sethi's
work towards creating Green Future:
Anshoo's works toward creating a greener
future. As the CEO of contracting firm UPGROWTH, the Chicago resident applies
nearly 15 years of property development and finance expertise to spearheading
large-scale commercial construction projects, many of them hotels and resorts.
In his executive capacity, Anshoo Sethi strives to fuse sustainable innovation
and design into each of his company's undertakings.
Since
joining the family business, Anshoo Sethi has steered UPGROWTH in a new
direction, from strictly a construction company to a firm with interests in
equity investing and asset managing, as well. He particularly shines in the
property development business, possessing strong expertise in the acquisition,
financing, and improvement of homes, stores, hospitals, schools, and
hospitality complexes. Under Anshoo Sethi, UPGROWTH has witnessed significant
growth in its client base and service provisions, largely because of the CEO's
focus on pioneering designs, environmental consciousness, and unsurpassed
service.
To
date, Anshoo Sethi and UPGROWTH have taken on dozens of corporate projects,
including the construction of hotels for all the major hotel brands. In each of
these projects and others, Anshoo Sethi and his team at UPGROWTH implemented
strict green practices, including the recycling and reuse of 75 percent of
debris on average, and building to the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards wherever possible.
Other
sustainable initiatives undertaken by Anshoo Sethi and his colleagues at
UPGROWTH include the use of 40 percent recycled-content office supplies, the
implementation of a large-scale companywide recycling program, and the
diversion of outdated or unneeded electronics to e-recycling firms. Through
these and other practices, Anshoo Sethi seeks to set a corporate example on the
importance of sustainable efforts in the business world.
