Hoteliers: Adrian Zecha
Adrian Zecha is as synonymous with hospitality as César Ritz and Conrad Hilton. He’s deeply rooted in the industry, and his influence has touched some of the most coveted hotels around the globe. Over 40 years, Adrian Zecha have founded a series of hotel management companies and developed over 100 ultra luxury hotels in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. But the Indonesian-born Adrian Zecha doesn’t often discuss his prolific and game-changing career. He follows a different credo: He lets the work speak for itself. Adrian is, after all, the man who founded Aman, the luxury resort brand that has manifested its own elusive aura.
Early Life
Adrian Zecha was born to a well-to-do family of Czech-Indonesian plantation owners in Indonesia, and who grew up during World War II under Japanese occupation, he would have become a doctor. “During the war I attended a Japanese school in the day and had lessons from my father at night,” he says in Robb Report. “He was determined that I become a doctor and afraid I wasn’t learning anything from the Japanese. After a few years of this, I was far ahead of American kids my age.”
This became apparent when, shortly after the war’s conclusion, Adrian’s family moved to central Pennsylvania-United States, where he attended Williamsport High School. After graduating from high school at the age of 15, he enrolled…
