Sant Singh Chatwal is an Indian American businessman and founder of the Dream Hotel Group where he is chair of the board.

He joined the Indian Armed Forces at the age of 18 where, according to Chatwal, he served as a fighter pilot on the country's first and only aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant.

[4] Chatwal left India in 1967 for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to work for the country's commercial airliner.

[8] Chatwal expanded Bombay Palace internationally, opening restaurants in London, Hong Kong, and Canada, and eventually becoming a publicly traded company.

In April 2014, he pled guilty to giving illegal campaign contributions to three federal candidates, including Clinton, between 2007 and 2011.