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Hyewon Lee

Australian designer Tamara Ralph, the visionary behind Meghan Markle’s engagement photo dress, captivated the audience once again at Paris Haute Couture Week by dressing Hailee Steinfeld in a dazzling cut-out gown.
Beyond her beloved designs, Ralph shares her life with UK-based Indian entrepreneur Bhanu Choudhrie, the founder of C&C Alpha Group and Alpha Aviation Group, and son of pioneering businessman Sudhir Choudhrie.

Here’s what to know about Bhanu Choudhrie, who was spotted in Paris supporting Ralph.
His divorce in 2020 cost US$80 million

In May 2020, the billionaire was ordered to pay a staggering £60 million (US$80 million) divorce settlement to his ex-wife, Simrin Bakshi, a former star of the reality show The Secret Millionaire. The news came just a week before Choudhrie’s relationship with Ralph became public.
Ralph and Choudhrie met at a networking event in Bordeaux organised by the Young Presidents’ Organisation, which brings top executives and entrepreneurs together from around the world. The spark was immediate, and the couple soon welcomed their daughter, Haliya Choudhrie. By 2023, they were expecting another daughter.
What does he do?

Choudhrie has a lot of responsibilities – he is the founder of the Choudhrie family’s C&C Alpha Group, a London-based investment firm with interests in healthcare, aviation and hospitality. He also serves as the founder and director of its aviation-focused subsidiary, Alpha Aviation Group Ltd.
In 2003, Choudhrie made a bold investment in Air Deccan. “At the time, it was a low-budget Indian carrier with just one plane in its fleet. The airline was a risk,” he said in a February 2024 interview with the PHA Group. “Four of us invested and we said to each other at the beginning, ‘If it doesn’t work out, at least we can say we had an airline,’ but it played a pivotal role in opening up the airline industry in India.”
Five years later, he sold Air Deccan to Kingfisher and went on to establish Alpha Aviation Group, setting up pilot training centres in the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines.
His father is Sudhir Choudhrie

Sudhir Choudhrie, born in 1949 in Delhi, is a well-known Indian billionaire and the founder of Magnum International Trading Company.
Both father and son have faced scrutiny over the years for allegedly acting as illegal intermediaries in Rolls-Royce’s sale of Hawk 115 Advanced Jet Trainers to India. India’s Central Bureau of Investigation and the UK’s Serious Fraud Office both investigated the case, but no official charges were filed and the Choudhries’ lawyers have denied the allegations.
He is a dedicated philanthropist

Choudhrie is the director of Path to Success (PTS), founded by his mother, Anita Choudhrie, in 2005. The charity supports children struggling with poverty, abuse and disabilities, and one of its focuses is to provide the children with opportunities for education.
“By going to school, the imagination of that child gets to grow with endless curiosity. All that child needs is a chance to go to school and find a path to success,” Choudhrie told London Loves Business in January 2020. “It is important to recognise that a desire to learn combined with insatiable curiosity may bloom with a very powerful result, no matter how humble the beginnings of a child.”


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Tamara Ralph and Bhanu Choudhrie went public with their relationship in 2020 after Choudhrie’s expensive divorce from his first wife. Photo: @tamararalphprivee/Instagram

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Bhanu Choudhrie at the Tamara Ralph Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2025/2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 7 in Paris, France. Photo: Getty Images

Bhanu Choudhrie with Tamara Ralph and their daughter, Haliya. Photo: @tamararalphprivee/Instagram

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